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for cattle, viz. February 15, June 24, Auguft 10, and No¬ 
vember 30. It fends one member to the imperial parlia¬ 
ment. The corporation contitls, of a mayor, who is, by 
patent, conftable of the caftle, and two bailiffs. The 
caflle is founded on a rock, clofe to the fea, occupying 
near an acre of ground ; and was once of contiderabie 
ftrength, though now falling to decay. A new county 
gaol has been lately erefted here ; but the aflizes are 
holden in the little neat town of Mold, on account of its 
greater convenience. Flint is not fnuated on the pofl 
road: it is twelve miles and a half weff-north-wefi of 
Chefter, five north-eaft of Holywell, and 194 north-weft 
of London. -Lat. 53. 16. N. Ion. 3. 4. W. Greenwich. 
FLINT, a river of the ifiand of Jamaica, which runs 
into the fea, feven miles weft from Montego Bay. 
FLINT, a fmall ftream, about twenty-eight miles long, 
in the Geneffee country, in New-York, which runs north- 
r north-eaft into Canandarqu creek. 
FLINT ISLAND, an ili nd in the Gulf of St. Law. 
rence, near the eaft coaft- f the ifiand of Cape Breton. 
Lat. 46. 10. N. Ion. 59. 40. W. Greenwich. 
FLINT RIVER, a confiderable i]ver of Georgia, 
which rifes in the country of the Creek Indians, and run¬ 
nings fouth and thence a fouth-wcft courfe, joins the 
Appalachicola at its entrance into Florida. The territory 
lying on this river, efpecially on the upper part of it, pre- 
fents every appearance of a delightful and fruitful region 
in fome future day ; it-being a rich foil, and exceedingly 
well fituated for every branch of agriculture, and offers an 
uninterrupted navigation to the bay of Mexico, the At¬ 
lantic ocean, and thence to the Weft India iflands and over 
the whole world. There are a number of villages of 
Creek Indians on this river. 
FLINT'SHIRE, a maritime county, and the fmalleft 
in North Wales. It confifts of a narrow flip of land, run¬ 
ning from north-weft to fouth-eaft ; and is bounded by the 
Irifii fea on the north, by the eftuary of the Dee and the 
county of Chefter on the north-eaft and eaft, and by Den- 
bighfliire on the fouth and weft. A detached part be¬ 
longs to it, at fome miles diftance from the reft, feparated 
by the interpofition of Denbighfhire, and almoft encircled 
by Shropfhire and Chefliire. The main portion of Flint- 
fliire is about twenty-eight miles in length, and no where 
above ten in breadth ; generally much lefs. The land 
rifes very rapidly from the fitore of the Dee to a ridge of 
hills running for a confiderable way parallel to that river. 
The low part has a clay foil, producing corn and grafs 
plentifully, and is well flocked with wood. It abounds 
alfo with coal and freeftone. The hills are barren on the 
furface, but rich within in mines of lead and calamine, 
with vaft ftrata of limeftone. The northern extremity of 
the county is a flat traft, growing much corn, efpecially 
wheat; of which a good deal is exported to Liverpool. 
The fouthern part is agreeably varied with hill and dale, 
and affords a view of feveral ruined cuftles. The vale of 
Mold in this part is uncommonly rich and pifturefque. 
On the Denbighfhire fide the county is backed by a loftv 
chain of mountains, overlooking the beautiful vale of 
■Clwyd. The disjoined piece of Flintfhire, confiding of 
the hundred of Maelor Saefneg, is moftly a level tract, 
though varied with gentle rifings. The commercial im¬ 
portance of Flintfhire is almoft folely derived from its 
mineral productions. The lead ore is fmelted upon the 
fpot, and the metal is exported from Chefter. Somekinds 
of the ore contain filver enough to repay with profit the 
expenfe of feparating it from the lead ; and feveral thou¬ 
sand ounces of filver have been annually extracted in this 
county, which is chiefly ufed by the manufacturers of Bir¬ 
mingham and Sheffield. The calamine is partly exported, 
and partly ufed in a brafs foundery at Holywell. From 
the coal-pits in the fouth-eaftern part of the country, the 
city of Chefter is in a great meafure fupplied. Near Nor- 
thop are confiderable potteries, at which are made large 
quantities of coarle earthen-ware, exported to the Wellh 
coaft, and to Ireland. Flintfhire gives the title of earl to 
the prince of Wales j it is in the province of Canterbury, 
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and diocefes of St. Afaph and Chefter; rt is about one 
hundred miles in circumference ; contains 250 fquare 
miles, or 160,000 acres; divided into five hundreds, and 
lias twenty-eight pari (lies, with one city, St. Afaph, 
.which is the fee of a bifliop, and gives the title of vifcotint 
to the Afliburnham family ; and has three market towns, 
viz. Holywell, Mold,'and Caerwis. Its principal rivers 
are the Dee, Clwyd, Elwy,and Allen, which, near Mold, 
finks under ground, and is loft for a confiderable fpace. 
The 1110ft remarkable places are the Dee’s Mouth, the 
Clwyd’s Mouth, and St, Winifred’s Well. It fends one 
member to the imperial parliament. 
FLINT'STON, a confiderable plantation cf the Ame¬ 
rican States, in Cumberland county, Maine, having an 
eminence in it called Saddle-back mountain ; but the 
country in general is level enough for cultivation. One 
half of it is covered with beautiful pine and white oak. 
FLIN'TY, adj. Made of flint ; ftrong : 
Tyrant cuftom 
Hath made the flinty and fteel couch of war 
My thrice-driven bed of down. Shakejpeare. 
Full of ftones.—The gathering up of flints in flinty ground, 
and laying them on heaps, is no good hutbandry. Bacon . 
—Hard of heart ; cruel; lavage ; inexorable : 
Gratitude, 
Through jlinty Tartar’s bofom, would peep forth, 
And anfwer thanks. Shakejpeare. 
FLIP, f ..[A cant word.] A liquor much ufed in fiiips, 
made by mixing beer with fpirits and fugar.—The tarpaw- 
lin and fwabber is lolling at Madagafcar, over a can of 
jlip. Dennis. 
FLIP'PANT, adj. [A word probably derived from 
jlipJjap. ] Nimble ; moveable. It is ufed only of the aft 
of fpeech.—A11 excellent anatomift promifed to difleft a 
woman’s tongue, and examine whether there may not be in 
it certain juices, which render it fo wonderfully voluble or 
Jlippant. Addifon. —Pert; petulant; waggifh.—Away with 
jlippant epilogues. Thomfon. 
FLIP'PANTLY, adv. In a flowing prating way. 
FLIP'PANTNESS, f. Nimblenefs, pertnefs, talkative- 
nefs. Scott. • 
To FLIRT, v. a. [Skinner thinks it formed from the 
found.] To throw any thing with a quick elaftic motion : 
Dick the fcavenger 
Flirts from his cart the mud in Walpole’s face. Swift. 
To move with quicknefs: 
Permit fome happier man 
To kifs your hand, or flirt your fan. Dorfet. 
To FLIRT, v.n. To jeer; to gibe at one.—To run 
about perpetually ; to be unfteady and fluttering.—To 
engage in amorous converfation. Such either is, or was 
once, a fafhionable fenfe of the word. 
FLIRT, f. A quick elaftic motion : 
Before you pafs th’ imaginary fights 
While the fpread fan o’erfliades your clofing eyes, 
Then give one flirt, and all the vifion flies. Pops. 
A fudden trick : 
Have licence to play, 
At the hedge a flirt, 
For a fheet or a fliirt. Ben jonjbn's Gypflcs. 
A pert forward girl.—Several yonngflirts about town had 
a defign to eaft us out of the fjifliionable world. Addifon. 
FLIRTA'TION, f. A quick fprightly motion. A 
cant word among women.—A muflin flounce, made very 
full, would give a very agreeable flirtation air. Pope. —A 
kind of amorous parley. Such was at leaft fome years 
ago the word’s colloquial meaning. 
FLISSIN'GUE, a fortrefs and fmall ifiand in the 
Eaftern Indian Sea, a little to the weft of Amboyna. 
To FLIT, v. n. [from to fleet ; or from flitter , Dan. to 
remove,! To flyaway; 
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