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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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FLIRT, v.t. flurt. [This word evidently belongs to the root of L. floreo, or ploro, signifying to throw, and coinciding with blurt.]
FLIRT, v.i.
FLIRT, n.
FLIRT, a. Pert; wanton.
To throw with a
jerk or quick effort] to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water
in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a
handkerchief.
To toss or throw about; to move playfully
to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.
To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to
mock.
[Obs.]
I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. *** Fl. To
run and dart about] to act with giddiness, or from a desire to
attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at
courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young
men.
To utter contemptuous language, with an
air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.
[Obs.] Beau. *** Fl. A
sudden jerk] a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a
jeer.
Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison. With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe. One who flirts; esp.,
a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a
pert girl.
Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. Addison. Pert; wanton.
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