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  • 51flag — See black and white checkered flag black flag checkered flag green flag green flag with yellow diagonal stripe national flag red flag white flag yellow flag …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 52Flag —    Israel s flag was the flag adopted by the first World Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland, in 1897. A white talit, or prayer shawl, with blue stripes, to which a Star of David was embedded, became the flag of the Zionist Movement. It was… …

    Historical Dictionary of Israel

  • 53flag — Verb: To droop; to lose speed. To signal with a flag. To signal a bus or train to stop for a passenger. Noun: Flat stones used in making a sidewalk or the portion of a street set apart for use by pedestrians, occasionally used in paving ways for… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 54flag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English flagge reed, rush Date: 14th century any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: as a. iris; especially a wild iris b. sweet flag II. noun Usage: often attributive …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 55flag — English has at least three separate words flag, none of whose origins are known for certain. Both the noun ‘cloth used as an emblem’ [16] and the verb ‘droop, decline’ [16] may have developed from an obsolete 16th century adjective flag ‘drooping …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56flag — English has at least three separate words flag, none of whose origins are known for certain. Both the noun ‘cloth used as an emblem’ [16] and the verb ‘droop, decline’ [16] may have developed from an obsolete 16th century adjective flag ‘drooping …

    Word origins

  • 57Flag — A technical charting pattern that looks like a flag with a mast on either side. Flags result from price fluctuations within a narrow range and mark a consolidation before the previous move resumes. Likewise, pennant formations are usually treated …

    Investment dictionary

  • 58flag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. banner, pennant, ensign, standard; iris; flagstone. See indication. v. i. droop, pine, languish. See inactivity, dejection, disease. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A symbol, especially of a nation, usually on …

    English dictionary for students

  • 59Flag —    In the years after 1945, a Romany flag with green, red, and blue horizontal stripes appeared. By 1962 its use had spread widely. It was said that the green represented grass, red fire, and blue the sky. Because of the alleged Communist… …

    Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

  • 60flag — 1. noun /flæɡ/ a) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. b) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship …

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