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Webster 1913 Edition

Flicker

Flick′er

(flĭk′ẽr)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flickered
(flĭk′ẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flickering
.]
[OE.
flikeren
,
flekeren
, to flutter, AS.
flicerian
,
flicorian
, cf. D.
flikkeren
to sparkle. √84. Cf.
Flacker
.]
1.
To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And
flickering
on her nest made short essays to sing.
Dryden.
2.
To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire;
as, the
flickering
light
.
The shadows
flicker
to fro.
Tennyson.

Flick′er

,
Noun.
1.
The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness;
as, the last
flicker
of the dying flame
.
2.
(Zool.)
The golden-winged woodpecker (
Colaptes aurutus
); – so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer
,
high-holder
,
pigeon woodpecker
, and
yucca
.
The cackle of the
flicker
among the oaks.
Thoureau.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flicker

FLICK'ER

, v.i.
1.
To flutter; to flap the wings without flying; to strike rapidly with the wings.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing.
2.
To fluctuate.

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