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National flag   /nˈæʃənəl flæg/   Listen
noun
Flag  n.  
1.
That which flags or hangs down loosely.
2.
A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
(b)
A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(c)
The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
4.
(Zool.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; called also flag feather.
Black flag. See under Black.
Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore.
Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile.
Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money.
Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved.
National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
To dip the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; done as a mark of respect.
To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag.
To hang the flag half-mast high or To hang the flag half-staff or To hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning.
To strike the flag or To lower the flag, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender.
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.


adjective
National  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.
2.
Attached to one's own country or nation.
National anthem, a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England.
National bank, the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States.
National flag. See under Flag.
National guard, a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States.
National salute, a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. (U.S.)





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"National flag" Quotes from Famous Books



... was united to England in 1801, we had to ask our Heralds' Office to design a fresh flag, to include the Irish national flag of St. ...
— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various
... and everywhere. At the levee ships carried every flag on earth except that of the United States, and I was told that during a procession on the 22d of February, celebrating their emancipation from the despotism of the United States Government, only one national flag was shown from a house, and that the houses of Cuthbert Bullitt, on Lafayette Square. He was commanded to take it down, but he refused, and ...
— The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete • William T. Sherman
... announces the grandeur of the New World. The ferry-boat, starting from the extremity of Manhattan Island, first gives its passengers a view of the East River, all alive with every description of craft; then, gliding round past Governor's Island, dotted with camps and crowned with barracks, with the national flag floating above all, it affords a view of the lofty bluffs which rise on one side of the Hudson and the long line of the mast-fringed city on the other; then, rounding Governor's Island, the steamer pushes its way towards the Narrows, disclosing to view Fort Lafayette, so celebrated ...
— Famous Americans of Recent Times • James Parton
... of the human monster with the same terrific vengeance dealt upon its head. The undisciplined herd fought desperately for a time, then gave way to panic and the wild effort to escape. Long since a policeman had seized the national flag, and bore it triumphantly with his left hand while he fought with his right. The confusion and uproar were beyond description. The rioters were yelling their conflicting views as to what ought to be done, while others were shouting to those in their rear to cease crowding forward. ...
— An Original Belle • E. P. Roe
... importance, no successful leader has ever been too busy to cultivate the symbols which organize his following. What privileges do within the hierarchy, symbols do for the rank and file. They conserve unity. From the totem pole to the national flag, from the wooden idol to God the Invisible King, from the magic word to some diluted version of Adam Smith or Bentham, symbols have been cherished by leaders, many of whom were themselves unbelievers, because they were focal points where ...
— Public Opinion • Walter Lippmann
... Stars in flames of fire lighted the foreign flags of welcome to other nations. Every window, door and roof-top was filled with gay and joyous people. Carriages laden with men, women and children in holiday attire enthusiastically waving the national flag and singing its songs of freedom. Battalions of soldiers marched through the streets; Roman candles, whizzing rockets, and gaily-colored balloons shot upward, filling the sky with trails of fire and adding to the brilliancy of the scene, while all minor ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various
... the national flag of the whole British Empire. The English flag was originally a red cross on a white field. This is called the flag of St. George. Three hundred years ago King James the First added to it the banner of Scotland, which was a blue flag with a white cross, ...
— Troop One of the Labrador • Dillon Wallace
... the host proposed a toast to Sam and accompanied it with a patriotic speech which thrilled the hearts of his audience. He pointed to the national flag which ...
— Captain Jinks, Hero • Ernest Crosby
... in the chapel in the evening, by the Rev. Mr. Davenport of Annapolis. A crowded congregation gathered within the walls, which were hung with scrolls bearing the names of our battle-fields, and richly adorned with evergreen, while the national flag gracefully draped the large window. Carols were merrily sung, and the shattered, scarred, and emaciated soldiers in the most righteous cause that ever brought warfare to a nation joined in heralding the advent ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 • Various


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