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Webster 1913 Edition


Flip

Flip

(flĭp)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Prov. E.
flip
nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf.
Flippant
.]
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Flip dog
,
an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.

Flip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flipped
(flĭpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flipping
.]
1.
To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip;
as, to
flip
up a cent
.
As when your little ones
Do ’twixt their fingers
flip
their cherry stones.
W. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flip

FLIP

,
Noun.
A mixed liquor consisting of beer and spirit sweetened.