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bridge ; the chargefl^)or of a blast-furnace ; a threshing-^oor. He
will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner.
Mat. iii. 12. The level places where the bricks are moulded, called
the floors. C. T. Davis, Bricks, p. 103. 3. A natural surface
corresponding to a floor in character or use ; a circumscribed basal
space or area of any kind: as, the floor of a gorge or a cave ; the
fl^or of one of the ventricles of the brain. For Lycidas your sorrow is
not dead. Sunk though he be beneath the watery /oor. Milton,
Lycidas, I. 167. After the last mining shaft is passed, and the floors
where the precious blue clay lies to be pulverised by the sun's
action, the frontier of the Free State is crossed. Fortnightly Rev., N.
S., XLIII. 198. The floor of this many-hued passageway is white sand
and sandstone. The Century, XXXVII, 195. The characteristic f
eatm'e of a bed is that it is a member of a series of stratified rocks ;
the layer above it is called the roof of the deposit, and the one below
it is the floor. Encye. Brit,, XVI. 440. ji, single floor; a, a, a, joists. B,
framed floor '. a, a, floor-joists; b, binding-joist; c, c, ceiling-joists; d,
girder. C, double floor : a, a, floor- or bridging-joists ; b, b, binders :
c, c, c, ceiling-joists. A strutted floor.
 floor 4, One complete section of a building having one
continuous or approximately continuous floor; a story: as, an office
on the first /oor. It was a large room on the lower ^oor, wainscoted
with pine and unpainted. Longfellow, Hyperion, iii. 3. 5. Nautj that
part of thehottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is
most nearly Ship's Floor. ^^, floor-plates; 555, keelsons ; J^F,
mainframe; JC, keel ; LL, lightening-holes ; RR, reverse frame.
horizontal. — 6. In legislative assemblies, the part of the house
assigned to the members, and from which they speak; hence,
figuratively, the right of speaking or right to be heard in preference
to other members: as, the gentleman from New York has the floor.
Carrington gave the new envoy a cordial welcome, [and] introduced
him to members on the Jloor of Congress. Bancroft, Hist. Const., II.
110. They [chairmanships of standing committees] have their rights
to the floor and their little perquisites in the shape of clerks and
committee-rooms, and they are therefore much sought after. E.
Schuyler, Amer. Diplomacy, p. 25. 7. In mining, a flat mass of ore.
[Cornwall, Eng.] — Sf. A plane; a surface. Both of them [visihles and
audibles] spread themselves in round, and flU a whole Jloare or orbe
into certain limits. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 225. 9. In brewing J same as
piece. Each steeping is called a floor or piece, and must be laid in
succession according to age, the most recent next the couch, and
the oldest next the kiln. JSncyc. Brit, IV. 268. Dead floor. See dead.^
Double floor, a floor whose primary timbers are binders resting upon
the wall-plates, and supporting the floor- or bridging- joists and the
ceilingjoists; a double-framed floor; a double-joisted floor. — Drjillg-
floor, in brewing^ a floor where the grain is exposed in layers to the
air. — First floor, in the United States, generally the floor or story of
a building immediately on or above the ground or above the
basement floor ; in Great Britain and also in some American cities,
especially in large buildings, the floor next higher than this, or the
floor above the ground floor. — Folding floor, a floor having the floor-
boards so laid that the joints between the ends of the boards are not
continuous throughout the width of the floor, the boards being laid in
bays or folds of three, four, or more boards each. — Ground floor,
the floor of a house on a level, or nearly so, with the exterior
ground. — Half-flOOr, in ship -building, one of a pair of timbers
whose adjoining ends abut and are bolted between the keel and the
keelson. They extend outward each way from the middle line of the
vessel, beneath the futtock-planks, and up to the second futtocks,
whose ends bear against them. — Single floor, flooring supported
upon a single tier of bridging-joists. — Straight-joint floor, a floor in
which the joints between the ends of the boards are not broken.—
To get in on the ground floor, to be admitted to or receive an interest
in some projected enterprise on specially advantageous terms to
which others, and especially the general public, are not admitted, as
by receiving stock without valuable consideration, or by having an
early opportunity of investing below par, or before the stock
appreciates. [Commercial slang, U. S.] — To have or get the floor, in
legislative and other assemblies, to be recognized by the presiding
officer as having a right to address the assembly or meeting. [U. S.]
floor (flor), V. t. [= T>. vloeren = ODaji. flore ; from the noun.] 1. To
cover or furnish with a floor: as, to floor a house with pine boards.
Thick fir forests, floored with bright green moss. B. Taylor, Northern
Travel, p. 30. 2. To place upon a floor ; base. The doctrine of a
he&ven floored upon a firmament. E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 68.
3. To place near or on the floor, as a picture in an exhibition.
[Colloq.] One R. A. is " skied " and another ^* floored" The
American, VIII. 376. 4. To strike down or lay level with tho floor ;
beat; conquer; fi^ratively, to put to silence by somo decisive
argument, retort, etc. ; overcome in any way; overthrow: as, to floor
an assailant. The express object of his visit was to know how he
could knock religion over and floor the Established Church. Dickens.
What is ^on'np' Win at present . . . is that problem of the robin that
eats half a pint of grasshoppers and then doesn't weigh a bit more
than he did before. W. D. Howells, Annie Kilburn, xi. 5. To go
through; make an end of; finish. [Slang.] I have a few bottles of old
wine left, we may as well floor them. MacmUlan's Mag. To floor an
examination-paper, to answer fully every question in it. [Eng.] Our
best claBSic had not time to fpor the paper. C. A. Bristed, English
University, p. 135. A shaft-bear2278 floorage (flor'aj), n. [< floor + -
age."] Space on a Soor; floor-space. The [new Exposition] building,
with its three stories, affords seven acres of fioorage. The
CongregationaList, Sept. 2, 1886. floor-cloth (flor'kl6th), n. A heavy
canvas of hemp or flax woven of extra width, printed in. oil-eolors,
and used as carpeting. The term also includes many substitutes for
carpets, as felted fabrics, burlaps, mattings, crash, and prepared
fabrics made of powdered cork, paper, etc. See oil-cloth. — Paper
fioorclotil, a substitute for oil-cloth, consisting generally of one or
more thick sheets of paper treated with paint and varnish. floorer
(flor'6r), M. 1. One who makes or lays floors. — 2. One who or that
which strikes to the floor, as a blow ; hence, figuratively, anything
which leads to one's defeat or which overmasters one; an
overwhelming argument or requirement ; a poser. floor-frame
(flor'fram), n. The main frame of the body of a raUroad-ear
underneath the floor, including the sills, body-bolsters, and
needlebeams. Car-Builder's Diet. floor-guide (flor'g^d), n. In ship-
buildmg, a narrow flexible piece of timber placed between the floor-
ribbon and the keel. floor-hanger (fl6r'hang"6r), n. ing secured to
the floor, and used for running countershafts and lines when they
cannot conveniently be suspended from the ceiling-joists. floor-head
(flor'hed), ». In sMp-bmldmg, an outer end of the floor-timbers. „ ..
Floor-nanger. These [molds] extend on each side of the ship as high
as the Jloor head, and are formed of battens. Thearle, Naval Arch., §
41. floor-hollow (flor'hoFo), n. Ncmt., an elliptical mold for the
hollow of the floor-timbers and lower futtocks of a vessel. flooring
(flor'ing), n. [< floor + ^ng^ ; in AS. with umlaut, flering, a floor or
story, < flor, floor.] 1. A floor; floors collectively. Mosaique is an
ornament, in truth, of much beauty and long life ; but of most use in
pavements and Jlooringg. Sir R. Wotton, Keliquise, p. 63. An
extremely interesting portion of the church is the marble /oorin^,
inscribed with the arms of the various knights of the order who are
buried below. JE. Sartoriua, In the Soudan, p. 4. 2. Materials used in
the construction of floors. — 3. In brewing, the operation of
spreading the grain thinly on the malt-floor, and turning it over
carefully several times a day to keep it at the temperature of about
62° P., and thus to cheek germination Carcass-flooring. Seecarcass.
— Naked flooring, in carp., the timber or framework on which the
floor -boarding is laid. flooring-clamp (flor'ing-klamp)j n. A
carpenters' tool for closing up the joints between flooring-boards. It
consists of a clamp to seize the joist, and a lever which is supplied
with a purchase by the clamp, and serves to force a board about to
be nailed down into close contact with that adjoining. floorless
(flor'les), a. [< floor + -Uss.'\ Having no floor. floorthf , n. IME.
florthe ; as floor + -th.'] Flooring ; a floor. Ye sayd Goothis, by crafty
and false meanes, caused the jlorthe of the sayd chambre to falle,
by which meaue ye sayd Pateme was grevously hurte. Fdbyan,
Chron., I. xcix. floor-timber (fl6r'tim"b6r), n. One of the timbers on
which a floor is laid; specifically, in ship-building, one of the timbers
which are placed immediately across the keel, and upon which the
bottom of the ship is framed. floor-walker (fl6r'wa"ker), n. A person
employed in a large retail shop to walk about the place, give
information to customers, watch their conduct and that of
employees, etc. Also called shop-walker. flop (flop), V. ; pret. and pp.
flopped, ppr. flopping. [Another form of ^ap, q. v.] I. trans. 1. To
clap or strike, as the wings; flap. — 2. To cause to fall or hang down.
Fanny, . . . during the examination, had flopped her hat over her
eyes, which were also bathed in tears. Fielding, Joseph Andrews, iv.
5. n. intrans. 1. To flap. — 2. To plxmip down suddenly; turn or
come down with a flop : as, to ^qp on one's knees. [Colloq. or
vulgar. ] If you must go flopping yourself down, flop in favour of
your husband and child. Dickens, Tale of Two Cities, ii. 1. 3. To
coUapse ; yield or break down suddenly. [Slang.]— To flop over, (a)
To turn over heavily, or by a sudden or laborious effort : as, to flop
over on one's back. (6) To go over suddenly to another side or party
; make a sudden change of association or allegiance [Slang.] Flor^al
flop (flop), n. [Another form otflap, q. v.] I The act of flopping or
flapping. — 2. A fall like that of a soft outspread body upon the
ground. And with a desperate ponderous ./lop, full thirteen stone
and ten pounds, ... I dropped on the Rajah's feet and took my seat
at his side. W. H. Jtuatell. 3. Something that flops or is capable of
flopping or striking, as a fluid, semi-liquid, or gelatinous substance,
against the side of a vessel containing it. [Eare.] Lord and Lady
Sosse showed us the foundry [near his great telescope], and
Professor Lloyd gave the story of the casting . . . andfby [near] the
oven where the flery flop was shut up for six weeks to cool. Caroline
Fox, Journal. 4. A sudden collapse or breakdown, as of resistance.
[Slang.] flopper (flop'fer), TO. 1. One who or that which ■ flops.
Specifically — 2. Ayoimgduek; a flapper. floppy (flop'i), a. l
 floreated floreated, floriated (flo'rf-, flo'ri-a-ted), a. [< L.
floreus, of flowers, + E. -atel + -d2.] Decorated witn floral omament
— that is, with more or less conventionalized flowers, or with wholly
artificial designs which resemble flowers in their general outlines and
the minuteness of their subdivisions. The columns at TJdine . , .
stand row behind row, almost like the columns of a crypt, and they
supply a profitable study in their floriated capitals, JE. A. Freeman,
Venice, p. 31. floreeti n. [Also written florie, florey, flmry,
flory,florrey, and flurry; < OF.floree, the blue scum of dyewood ; the
same as flewree, froth, or scxun, < fleur, earlier ^or, flower :
see^ower.] The blue scum of dyewood, used in painting. The refuse,
called scoria, which ilieth out of the furnace ; the florey that floteth
aloft [Hos supernatat] ; and the diphryges or drosse which
remaineth behind, Holland, tr, of Pliny, xxxiv. 13. florent, floreint, »•
Obsolete spellings ot florin. florence (flor'ens), n. [MB. florence,
equiv. to floren, florin, a coin : see^onw. The other uses (of. F.
florence, sarcenet, and E. florenUne, n., 2) are later: all refer ult. to
Florence in Italy.] If. An English gold coin, usually called ^onn. The
first gold that King Edward III. coyned was in the year 1343, and the
peeces were called florenees, because Florentines were the coyners,
Camden, Hemains, 2t. A kind of cloth manufactured in Florence,
mentioned in the time of Eiehard III. Planche; Fairholt. Also called
florenUne. — 3. A thin silk, a variety of taffeta. Diet, of Needlework.
— 4. [_eap.'\ A variety of the red wine of Tuscany : a name not
commonly used in Italy. Florence flask, oil, etc. See the nouns.
florentt, o. [< I>. floren{t-)s, ppr. of florere, bloom, flower, flourish :
see, flower, v., flov/risJi.'] Flourishing. Davies. Sinopa . . . was a
florent citee, and of greate power, Udall, tr, of Apophthegms of
Erasmus, p, 77, Florentine (flor'en-tin or -tin), a. and n. [< L.
Florentinus, pertaining to Florentia (> It. Morenze, now Mrenze),
Florence, < ^ore»(i^)s, ppr. oi florere, bloom, flower: see florent.}
1. a. Of or pertaining to Florence, the chief city of Tuscany, in Italy.—
Florentine experiment, an experiment showing that water will not
rise by suction higher than 34 feet, nor mercury more than 80
inches. The former experiment was brought by Florentine workmen
to the attention of Galileo, who, remarking that Nature appeared to
carry her horror of a vacuum to no greater length than 33 feet,
committed to his pupil Torricelli the inTestigation of the
phenomenon. The latter physicist then constructed the barometer, or
Torricellian tube, — Florentine fi:esco, a variety of fresco-painting in
which the gi'ound, covered with a preparation of lime, is kept moist
dui'ing the process. It was first practised at Florence, duringthe
flourishingperiod of Italian art.— Florentine Illy. See p^Ko,—
norentlne mosaic, a kind ot mosaic made with precious and semi -
precious stones inlaid in a surface of white or black marble or similar
material, and generally displaying elaborate flower-patterns and the
like. It is most commonly of a uniform flat surface, but sometimes
parts of the design are in somewhat high relief, as small rounded
fruits in a decorative frieze which project for half of their diameter.
This art is usually applied to table^tops and smaller articles, but
altars and other church fittings are also ornamented in it, and a few
interiors have been wholly or in large part lined in this style,—
Florentine problem, the problem of finding the plane area of a
curved dome, making allowance for the windows. This problem was
proposed by Vincenzo Viviani in 1692, and was treated by Leibnitz,
Jacques Bernoulli, and other eminent mathematicians,— Florentine
receiver, an attachment for a still used in separating oils from water.
It resembles in shape a Florence flask. II. ». 1. A native or an
inhabitant of Florence.—3. [I. c] (o) A silk textile fabric, of solid and
durable make, used for wearing-apparel. (6t) Same as florence, 2.—
Sf. {I. c] A kind of pie having no crust beneath the meat. stealing
custards, tarts, a,nd florentines. Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, v. 1.
Ye may gang down yoursell, and look into our kitchen, • :.•.*''*
gi<3e vivers lying a' about — beef, capons and wiute Ya&sh—
flmenti'ne and flams. Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, xi. When any kind
of butcher meat, fowls, apples, &C., are oaken in a dish, it is called a
florentine, and when in a raised crust, a pie. Receipts in Cookery.
(Jamieson.) Acres (flo'rez), n. pi. [< i.. flos, pi. flares, flower.] In the
commercial classification of indigo, t^e best quality of dye.
Simmonds. florescence (flo-res'ens), n. [< florescen(t) + "^•] In
6o*., a bursting into flower; the state of being in bloom;
inflorescence; an thesis. ■i^'t 9'"''P''*''6 flowers have before been
found in the fossil state, and, as these ICompositce] are among the
most complex and specialised forms of florescence, it has been
supposed that they belonged only to the recent epoch. Where they
were the result of a long series of formative changes. Dawson, Geol,
Hist, of Plants, p, 206, florescent (flo-res'ent), a. [< L. florescen(t-)s,
ppr. otflorescere,'Segiii to bloom or flower, in2279 oeptive of florere,
bloom, blossom, flower: see florent, flowrish.'] Bursting into flower ;
flowering. floreschet, v. An obsolete form ot flourish. floret (flo'ret),
n. [1. < F.fleureUe = It. fioretto, < ML. florettus, a floweret, dim. of
L. flos (,^or-), a flower: see flower, floweret. 2. = D. fl^et = G. Sw.
florett = Dan. Jfloret, a foU, < OF. floret, fleuret, F. fleuret = Sp. Pg.
florete = It. fioretto, a foil, a particular use of the preceding. 3. <
OF.fleuret, F.flemet, m., OF. also fl^m-ette,flourette, t, = It. fioretto,
< ML. floretus, floss-sUk, dim. of li.flos (flor-), flower; of same
formation as the preceding. Cf./erret2.] 1. A small flower in a cluster
or in a compact inflorescence, as in the so-eaUed compound flower
of the Compositce, or in the spikelet of grasses.— 2. A fencing-sword
with a button on the point ; a foil. In such fencing jest has proved
earnest, and /ore
 Obverse. Reverse. Gold Florin of Florence, in the British
Museum. ( Size of the original. ) florin fiore (< L. florem, ace. of
flos), a flower. The allosion to Florence is secondary; the ult. Bource
is the same : see florence.] 1. The English name of a gold coin
■weighing about 55 grains, first issued at Florence in 1252, and
having on the obverse a lily and the word "Florentia."' The coin
enjoyed great commercial popularity, and wa3 largely imitated in
France, Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, and elsewhere. Otflorenis fine
o£ gold ycoined rounde, Wei ny an eighte busshels, as hem
thoughte. Chaucer, Pardoner's Tale, 1. 308. 2. An English gold coin
issued by Edward III. in 1343-4, and worth at the time 6- shillings.
On the obverse it bore a leopard crowned. In this yere also, kynge
Edwarde made a coyn of fyne golde, and named it the Jloryne, that
is to say, the peny of the value of vis. viiid., the halfe peny of the
value of iiis.iiiid., and the farthynge of the value of xxd., which coyne
was ordeyned for his warris in Fraunce. Fdbyan, Chron. (ed. Ellis), p.
465, an. 1343. 3. An English silver coin worth 2 shillings, being the
tenth part of a pound, current since 1849. — 4. The silver gulden of
Austria and formerly of South Germany, and the guilder of the
Netherlands, worth a little less than the English florin. See gulden
and guilder. — Double florin, an English silver coin of the value of
four shillings, authorized in 1887. Abbreviated.^. Florinean (flo-iin'e-
an), n. [< Florinus (see def.) + -e-ari.'] One of a Gnostic sect of the
second century, so called from Florinus, a pupil of Polyoarp.
floriparous (flo-rip'a-rus), a. [= F. floripare = Pg. floriparo, < LL.
floriparus, producing flowers (of spring), < L. flos (flor-), a flower, -I-
parere, produce.] Producing flowers. floripondlO (flo-ri-pon'di-o), n.
[Sp. floripondio, floripundio, magnolia, also smooth-stalked
Brugmansia {B. Candida) ; < NL. floripondium, < L. flos {flor-),
flower, -1- pondus, weight.] A plant, the Datura sanguinea, an
infusion from whose seeds, prepared by the Peruvians, induces
stupefaction, and, if much used, furious delirium. This infusion is
said to have been used by the priests of the temple of the Sun in the
ancient capital to produce frantic ravings, which were accepted as
inspired prophecies. florist (no'rist), n. [= P. fleuriste = Sp. Pg.
florista = It. fiorista, a florist, < L. flos (flor-), flower, + ■4sta, -ist.]
1. One who cultivates flowers; one skilled in the raising of flowers;
especially, one who raises flowers for sale. The antients venlally
delighted in flourishing gardens ; many were florists that knew no'-
the true use of a flower ; and in Plinie's dales none had directly
treated of that subject. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii., Ep. Ded. 2. One
who writes a flora or an account of plants. florisugent (flo-ri-su'jent),
a. [< L. flos (.flor-), flower, -H sugen(t-)s, ppr. of svgere, suck: see
suck.'] Sucking flowers : an epithet applied to sundry birds and
insects which suek honey from flowers. floritryt (flor'i-tri), n. [As if
for *floriture (= It. fioritura), < ML. *floritura, flowery ornament, <
floure, flower, flourish : see flourish.'] Flowery ornament. The walls
and arches [of the temple] crested and garnished vrUh Jloritry.
Sandys, Travailes, p. 126. floroon (flo-ron'), n. [< ME. flouroun,
flower, work, < OF. flM-on, F. fleuron, a flower, jewel, gem, = Sp.
floron = Pg. florao = It. fiorone, aug. of F.fleur, Sp. Pg. ^or = It.
flx>re, < la. flos (flor-), a flower.] A border worked with flowers.
florulent (flor'6-lent), a. [< L. florulentus, flowery, < L. ^os (.^oi--),
a flower.] Flowery; blossoming ; in decorative art, formed wholly or
in part of imitated flowers ; floreated. Florulent scrolls in relief upon
a mat ground. H. S. Cuming, Jour. Archseol. Ass., XV. 227. floruloust
(flor'o-lus), a. Florulent. floiT (flo'ri), a. [See flenry, floree.] In lier.,
same as fleiiry — Cross double-parted flory. See double.— Gross
flory. See crossi. floscampyt, »• [An accom. of the L. flos campi,
flower of the field : flos (flor-), flower ; campi, gen. of campus, field:
see camp^.'] A fieldflower; a name of the rose of Sharon. Haill !
Jloscampy^ and flower vyrgynall. The odour of thy goodnee reflars
to vs all. Yoi-k Plays, p. 444. 2280 floscular (flos'ku-lar), a. [<
floscule + -a»'l.] In hot., same as' discoid, as applied to flowerheads
in the Composite; composed of florets. Also flosculous, flosculose.
Floscularia (flos-ku-la'ri-a), n. [NL., < *floscularis (see floscule) + -
ia.] 1. The typical genus of wheel-animalcules of the ia,-mily
Flosculariidai. F.prohos- '^^Vtlm/fA cidea and F. ornata are exam-
^^|fm4j^ pies. — 2. A genus of rugose cup-corals : same as
Cyathophyllum. Eicliwald, 1829. Floscularisea (flos-ku-la-ri-e'a), n. pi.
[NL., < *floscularis 1 i (see floscule) + -cea."] A group f ' of rotifers,
corresponding to the family Flosculariidce. floscularian (flos-ku-la'ri-
an), re. A rotifer or wheel-animalcule of the family Flosculariidce. r(\
1^We may call attention especially to ^Sfa^Si^S'l; the floscidanans.
They are common- magnified soo times, ly found attached to the
stems and leaves of aquatic plants. The foot-stalk bearing the
bellshaped body is very long. Statid. Nat. Hist., I. 204. Flosculariidee
(flos'ku-la-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Floscularia + -idee.'] A family of
permanently fixed rotifers, with a long ringed foot, usually with
gelatinous coverings and tubes, and the wheel-organ lobed or
deeply cleft. floscule (flos'kul), n. [= P. floscule = Sp. fl^isculo = Pg.
It. flosculo, < L. flosculus, also floscula, f., a floweret, a little flower,
dim. otflos (flor-), a flower : see flower.] A floret. flosculett, n. [<
floscule + -et] A bud. Davies. But when your own f aire print was set
Once in a virgin fiosculet Sweet as yourself, and newly blown, To
give that life resign'd your own. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 133.
Flosculids (flos-ku'li-de), n. pi. [NL., < L. flosculus (n't. a little flower)
+ -^dce.] A family of Discomedusce with simple unbranched narrow
radial canals, a ring-canal, central mouth, and mouth-arms at the
end of a mouth-tube. flosculiferous (flos-ku-lif 'e-rus), a. [< L.
flosculus, dim. of flos, a flowerj -I- ferre = E. 6earl.] In entom.,
terminating in a distended hollow process or organ, open beneath,
and somewhat resembling a labiate flower, as the abdomen of a
fulgora or lantern-fly. flosculous, flosculose (flos'ku-lns, -los), a. [< L.
flosculus, dim. of flos, a flower : see floscule.] Same &s floscular. flos
ferri (flos fer'i). A coralloid variety of calcium carbonate or aragonite,
often found in connection with iron ores. floshl (flosh), V. t.
lAlsofloush; a dial. var. of flash^ andflush^, q. v.] To spill ; splash.
[Prov. Eng.] flosh^ (flosh), n. [< ME. flosshe, flosche, another form
of flasshe, flosche, a pool : see flmh^, ».] 1. A pool: same a,sflash^.
Al in a sembl^ sweyed to-geder, Bitwene a flosche in that fryth, & a
foo cragge. Sir Oawayne and the Green Knight (B. E. T. S.), 1. 1430.
2. A swamp; a body of standing water gro-wn over with weeds,
reeds, etc. Jamieson. [Scotch.] Ducks a paddock-hunting scour the
bog, And powheads spartle in the ooey flosh. Davidson, Seasons, p.
12. flosh^ (flosh), re. [Origin uncertain; either the same as flosh^
(at. flosh-hole aniflMsh^), or an aeoom. of G. flosse, a float, a
trough in which ore is washed: see float, «., and ef. floss^.] In
metal., a hopper-shaped box in which ore is placed for the action of
the stamps. The side of the box has a shutter, which is raised or
lowered to allow the ore to escape when it has reached the desired
fineness. flosh-hole (flosh'hol), n. A hole which receives the waste
water from a mill-pond. Malliwell. floshiu (flosh'in), re. [So., also -
wntten floshan, dim. otflosTfl, q. v.] A puddle larger than a dub, but
shallow. Jamieson. flosh-silk (flosh'sUk), n. Same as floss-silk.
[Eare.] The truckle-bed of Valour and Freedom is not wadded with
flosh-silk. Landor. flossi (flos), n. [E. dial., prob. a weakened form
otflosh^,OTig. flash: see flashS. The word, being local Eng., can
hardly be borrowed from G. dial, floss, running water, a stream : see
fleets. ] A small stream of water : used as a name in the extract. A
wide plain, where the broadening Floss hurries on between its green
banks to the sea. George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i. 1. flotation floss2
(flos), n. [Prob. < G. floss, a raft, a boat, a float, flosse, a float, buoy
: see float, re,] 1. A fluid glass floating upon iron in a
puddlingfurnace, produced by the vitrification jot oxids and earths.
— 2. Same as floss-hole. The floss, or outlet of the slag from the
[iron-]£nrnaoe. Ure, Diet., II. 997. floss^ (flos), n. [Also written flosh
(in eomp. flosh-silk, q. v.) (= Dan. flos) ; < OF. flosche (in the
phrase soye flosclie, sleave silk), < It. 'floscia (floscia seta, sleave
silk — Florio) ; cf. OF. flosche, weak, soft, as a boneless lump of
flesh, < It. floscio, dial, flosso, weak, soft, feeble, flaccid, < L.
fluxus, fluid, loose, slack, frail, weak, pp. of fluere, flow: see flux,
fluent.] 1. A downy or silky substance inclosed by the husks of
certain plants, as maize and milkweed. — 2. Same as floss-silk. — 3.
The leaves of red canary-grass; also, the common rush. [Scotch.] No
person shall cut bent nor pull floss , . . before the first of Lammas
yearly. Quoted in G. Barry's Hist. Orkney Islands, App., p. 457. floss-
embroidery (flos'em-broi'''der-i), n. Any embroidery in which floss-
silk or filoselle is used in eoiisiderable quantities, on account of its
delicacy and tendency to cling to whatever touches it, and so suffer
defacement, it is but little used in embroidery applied to wearing-
apparel, and is employed especially for church embroidery, floss-hole
(flos'hol), re. The opening in a blastfurnace where the slag is
■withdrawn. AIso^^om. Preventing the metal from running out at
the floss-hole when it begins to fuse. Ure, Diet., II. 997. flossification
(flos''i-fi-ka'shon), n. [Improp. form otfloriflcation, resting on L. flx)S,
nom., instead of flor-, the stem, of the first element.] Same as
florification. floss-silk (flos 'silk), n. [Sometimes ■written flosh-silk (=
Dan. flos-silJce); < floss^ + silk.] Silk flber from the flnest part of
the coeoon, carded and spun but not twisted, so as to be extremely
soft and downy in its surface while retaining a high luster. It is used
chiefly for embroidery. Filoselle often replaces it. flossy (flos'i), a. [<
floss^ + -i/i.] Belonging to, composed of, or resembling floss. The
thin flossy wreath of hair . . . invested his temples. S. Judd,
Margaret, i. 2. floss-yarn (flos'yarn), re. [^(.floss^ + yarn.] A soft,
slightly twisted yarn made from floss-silk or flloselle. flot (flot), re.
[< ME. flot, a float, ship, etc. ; see float, n. In def. 2 a particular use,
< ME. flot, < AS. "flot, in comp. *flot-smere (-smeru), floating fat,
the scum of a pot (Somner; not authenticated) (= Icel. flot, fat,
grease, fi'om cooked meat, = Sw. flott, grease); lit. that which
floats, (.fl^otan (pp.jfloten), E.^eeii, etc., float: seefleet\ v., and
(it.fleet°,v.t.] If. See float, n. — 2. Floating fat ; the scum of a pot;
the scum of broth. [Scotch.] As a fornes [furnace] ful oi flat that
upon fyr boyles, When bryst brennande brondez are bet ther an-
vnder. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1011. flota (flo'ta), n. [Sp. ,
a fleet : see float, v. and ?i., and ^ee
 flotation being upset by the exertion of a small force, but,
when slightly disturbed. Invariably returns to its former position.
flotative (flo'ta-tiv), a. [< flotat(ion) + -we.'] Of or pertaining to
flotation ; having the quality of floating. E. H. Knight. flotelf, v. and
n. A Middle English, form ot float. fiote^t, V. t. [Of. ^oMera-jMZfc.] A
variant of fleets, 1. Such cheeses, good Cisley, ye fioted to nigh.
Tusser, A Lesson for Dairy Maid Cisley. flotert, floteryt. Obsolete
forms of flutter, fluttery. floternel (flo-ter-nel'), n. [OP.] A variety of
the gambeson worn toward the close of the fourteenth and the
beginning of the fifteenth century. Also sTpelled flotternel. flotilla
(flo-til'a), n. [= F. floUlle (> D. floUlle, flotilje = Gr. Can. flotille = Sw.
flottilj) = It. flotUglia, < Sp. flotilla (= Pg. floUlha), a little fleet, dim.
of flota, a fleet: see^oo*, ra.,^ota.] A little fleet; a fleet of small
vessels. His [Lafayette's] entire ^tilla, ammunition of war, and even
the city of Annapolis, were saved from destruction by an improvised
gun-boat. J. A. Stevens^ Gallatin, p. 299. Before breakfast was over,
[we] found ourselves surrounded by a j^GTiect Jlotilla of boats.
Lady Braseey, Voyage of Sunbeam, I. ii. flotistjM. IME.
flotyse,flotyce, the same as^*, withF. term.: seeflot, 2.] Scum.
Flotyse oijiotyce ot a j)ott or other lylce, spuma. Prompt. Parv., p.
168. If thou burnest blood and fat together to please God, what
other thing dost thou make of God than one that had lust to smell to
burnt /ioies.' Tyndale, Works, IL 216. Acts (flots), n. pi. [F., pi. of flot,
a wave, < L. fluotus, a wave : see float, m.] Loops of ribbon or lace
arranged in rows, each row overlapping that below, so as to give to
the material the appearance of little ripples or waves : a device often
used in dressmaking, etc. flotsam (flot'sam), n. [Also formerly
flotzam, flotsam, flotsmne (and dial, floatsome, q. v.), corrupt forms
of the more orig. flotson, flotsen, contr. of *flottison (ot. jetsam, <
jettison) ; < OF. *flotaison, flotsam, not found in this special sense,
but the same as OF. flotaison, F. dial. flotaison, the flooding or
irrigation of meadows, ¥. flottaison, the line of flotation, water-line,
< jloter, flotter, float, < L. fluctuare, float : see fl^at, v., flotation.
Flotsam, which has hitherto been unexplained as to its termination,
is thus a corrupt form, a doublet of flotation (ult. of fluctuation), as
the associated jetsam, jettison, is otjaetaUon.'] Such part of the
wreck of a ship and its cargo as is found floating. See The interior of
the house bore sufficient witness to the ravages of the ocean, and to
the exercise of those rights which the lawyers term Flotsome and
Jetsome. Scott, The Pirate, xii. Flotsa/m, jetsam, and lagan are not
the lawful spoils of the finders, but must be delivered up to those
who can prove their right to them, the owners paying a reasonable
reward, . . . which is called salvage. Bithell, Counting-house Diet.
flotsomt, flotsont, «. See flotsam.flottable (flot'a-bl), a. [F.,< flotter,
float: see float, «.] In "French law, capable of floating boats or rafts:
said of a watercourse. flottent (flot 'en), p. a. [See flotten-milh']
Skimmed. flotten-milkt (flot'en-mUk), n. [= CD. vlotemelck, skimmed
milli, also curded milk, =MLQ. vlote-melk, liGt.fldte-mellc,flaten or
affiatenmelk, skimmed milk ; cf . So. flottins, also fleetings, the same
as flot-whey, floating curds in whey; the first element mflottenrJmilJc
is another form of^t, pp. of ^e<5: see fleets. 2 Skimmed milk, [ftov.
Eng.] flottert, V. i. A Middle English variant oi flutter. flotternel, n.
See floternel. flot-wheyt (flot'hwa), n. Floating curds in whey.
flotzamt, »■ See flotsam. floughi, n. Same as flue^. floughz a.
Seeflowk flouncei (flouns), v. i. ; pret. and pp. flounced,
pp^.flounmig. [MB. not found; ef. obs. .^ce (Nares), flounce ; < Sw.
dial, flmnsa, dip, plunge, fall into water with a plunge, OSw. flunsa,
plimge, = Norw. flmnsa, hurry, work hurriedly; of. fiwmsa, fly fast,
fly hard.] To make abrupt or agitated movements with the Umbs and
Ijody; turn or twist as with sudden petulance or impatience ; move
with flings or turns, as if itt displeasure or annoyance : as, to flounce
Out ■ of a room. You neither fret, nor fume, nor/oT*7ice. Svrift.
2281 Nay, 'tis in vain to fiowme — and discompose yourself and
yom- Dress. Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, ii. 1. After d elivering herself of
her speech, she fiounced back again to her seat, mighty proud of
the exploit. Qreville, Memoirs, Feb. 26, 1831. flouncei (flouns), n. [<
flounce^, v.] A sudden fling or turn, as of the body. . At the head of
the next pool a floume, and the apparition of a head and tail brings
your heart into your mouth. Quarterly Bev., CXXVI. 340. flounce^
(flouns), n. [A changed form of earlier frounce, q. v.] A deep ruffle ;
a strip of any material used to decorate a garment, especially a skirt
near the bottom, gathered or plaited at one edge, and loose and
floating at the other, the gathered edge being sewed to the garment.
, Nay, oft in dreams invention we bestow To change a flounce or add
a furbelow. Pope, E.. of the L., ii. 100. Peeps into every chest and
box, Turns all her furbeloes and flounces. PrjMr, The Dove. flounce^
(flouns), v. t. ; pret. and pp. flounced, ■pTpv. flouncing. [<
flounce^, n.] 1. To deck with flounces : as, to flounce a petticoat or
a gown. She was flounced and f urbelowed from head to foot.
Addison, Country Fashions. Women, insolent, and self-caress'd, . . .
Curl'd, scented, furbelow'd, and floumi'd around. Couiper,
Expostulation, 1. 51. 3. To surround with something arranged like a
flounce. [Bare.] He has . . . stifled ponds, and flounced himself with
flowering shrubs and Kent fences. Walpole, Letters, II. 170.
flouncing (floun'sing), n. [< flounce^ + 4ng^.] Material for making
flounces ; flounces collectively: as, CharLtaij flouncings. flounder^
(floun'dfer), v. i. [Perhaps a nasalized form, influenced hj flounce^
ov flounder^, of D. flodderen, (1) splash through the mire (jlodder,
mire, dirt), (2) dangle, flap, wave ; in the latter senses another form
(= MHG. vladern, G-. fladdern, flattern = Sw. fladd/ra) of OD.
vlederen (= MHGr. vledern), flutter: see flutter and flatter^.] 1. To
make clumsy efforts with the limbs and body when hampered in
some maimer; struggle awkwardly or impotently; toss ; tumble
about, as in mire or snow. After his horse had flounced and
floundered with his heeles. Holland, tr. of Ammianus Marcellinus, p.
77. Head and heels upon the floor They flounder'd all together.
Tennyson, The Goose. Stuck in a quagmire, floundered worse and
worse, Until he managed somehow scramble back Into the safe sure
rutted road once more. Browning, Hing and Book, I. 97. 2.
Figuratively, to grope uncertainly or confusedly, as for ideas or facts j
speak or act with imperfect knowledge or discernment; make
awkward or abortive efforts for extrication from errors of speech or
conduct. Swearing and supperless the hero sate, . . . Plung'd for his
sense, but found no bottom there. Yet wrote aiidfloundei^d on, in
mere despair. Pope, Dunciad, i. 120. Floundering along without clear
purpose, without any real head, how can we be victorious ? Letter of
Oov. John A. Andrew (Mass.), Jan. 14, 1863. He plunged into the sea
of metaphysics, axiA flmmdered awhile in waters too deep for
intellectual security. ' H. James, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 274. flounder!
(floun'der), n. [< flounder^, v.] The act of struggling or splashing
about, as in mire or other hampering medium : as, with a desperate
flounder he freed himself. flounder^ (floun'der), n. [< ME. flounder,
flowndur — G. flunder, flUnder, < Sw. Norw. flumdra = Dan. flynder
= Icel. flydhra, a flounder.] 1. A flatflsh ; a fish of the family
Pleuronectidce. The name applies to some or any such fish. (a) In
England it is applied especially to the plaice, Pleuronectes or Platessa
flesus. This is one of the most common of the European flatfishes,
and is found in the sea and near the mouths of large rivers ; but it
abounds most where the bottom is soft, whether of clay, sand, or
mud. Flounders feed upon aquatic insects, worms, and small fishes,
and sometimes acquire the weight of 4 pounds. The common
flounder is an inhabitant of the Northern, Baltic, ,11//^ '4i^J
^,u>^^\ vji \ V Four-spotted Flounder {Payalic/itiys oUms«s}- (F"""
R=POrt of U. S. Fish Commission, 1884.) flouren and Mediterranean
seas, (b) In the eastern United States, the common flounder is the
Pseudopleuron^ctes americanus or the Paralichthys oblongus, here
figured, (c) In California, and along the western coast generally, the
Pleuronectes stellatu^ is known as the fiounder. In other parts of the
world colonized by the English the name is transferred to some
common representative of the family PleuronectidoB. But now men
on deyntees so hem delyte. To fede hem vpon theiysches lyte, As
flowndres, perches, and such pykyng ware. Babees Boole (B. E. T.
S.), p. 224. 2. A tool whose edge is used to stretch the leather for a
boot-front on a blocking-board. The fronts [of boots] are regularly
placed on a block, being forced into position by an instrxmient called
the flounder. Ure, Diet., III. 100. flounder-lantern (floun'd6r-
lan'''t6m), n. A local English (Cornwall) name of the common
flounder or plaice. flour (flour), n. [An earlier spelling ot flower,
which in the particular sense of ' fine meal ' (cf . Icel. flUr, a flower,
also flour, flne meal; P. fleur de/arine = Sp.fl^rdelaharina = Pg. flor
de farinha, flour, lit. flower of meal, i. e., the finest part; cf. flowers
of sulphur, flos ferri, etc.) is now confined to the spelling flour: see
flower.'] If. An obsolete spelling of /owjer (in the botanical and
derived senses). — 2. The finely ground meal of wheat or of any
other grain ; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting ;
hence, any vegetable or other substance reduced to a fine and soft
powder : as, flour of emery ; hop-^oar. Zuych difference ase ther is .
. . be-tuene breu and flour of huete. AyenUte of Inwyt (E. B. T. S.),
p. 210. Whete and flour, fiesch and lardere, Al togedyr they sette on
fere. Richard Coer de Lion, L 6103. All From me do backe receiue
the Flowre of all. And leaue me but the Bran. ShaJt., Cor., i. 1 (folio,
1623), 3. A snow-like mass of finely crystallized salt, peter used in
the manufacture of gunpowder. It is formed by cooling a solution of
saltpeter from 180° tq 70° F. in large shallow copper pans, and
continually agitating it by hand or by machinery during the process
of crystallization. The flne crystals settle to the bottom, are removed,
and allowed to drain on inclined forms, when they are ready for
washing. — Hour Of meat, a fine flour made of dried meat, — Flour
Of powder, gunpowder not granulated, but pulverized. — Fossil flour.
See fossil.—. Second flour, flour of a coarser quality ; seconds. flour
(flour), V. [See flower, v. In the later senses, < flour, n., 2.] I.
intrans. If. An obsolete spelling of flower. — 2. In mining, in the
amalgamation process, the mercury is said to flour when it breaks
up intd fine globules, which, owing to the presence of some
impurity, do not unite with the precious metal with which they are
brought in contact. This defect is known as flouring, and also as
sickening, both in Australia and on the Pacific coast of the United
States. II. trans. 1. To grind and bolt; convert into flour: as, to flour
wheat. — 2. To sprinkle with flour. flour-beetle (flour'be'ai), n. A
beetle, Teneirio molitor, which lives in all its stages on flour or
farinaceous substances. The larva is an inch long, cylindrical, smooth
and glossy, and is known as the mealworm. See also cut under
mealworm. flour-bolt (flour'bolt), n. A machine for bolting flour; a
bolter, it consists of a cylindrical sieve covered with bolting-cloth or
flne gauze, and containing beaters that beat and press the meal as it
comes from the stone against the sides of the bolt, and force the
flne fiour through the gauze, thus separating it from the refuse or
offal. flour-box (flour'boks), n. A tin box for dredging or scattering
flour; a dredging-box. flour-dredge (flour'drej), n. Same as flour-lox.
flour-dredger (flour'drej'*' er), n. Same a.s flour^ box. flour-dresser
(flour'dres'''6r), n. A cylinder for dressing flour, instead of passing it
through bolting-cloths. flour-emery (flour'em''''e-ri), n. In gem-
cutting, ground corundum, which when pure is almost an impalpable
powder, used to polish gems, glass, etc. It is sometimes adulterated
with garnet and topaz. flouren (flour' en), a. [< flbur + -en^.] Made
of flour: as, ^Mre» cakes. Mackay. [Prov. Eng.] Flour-beetle (
Tenebrio tno. Itior). (Line shows natural size.)
 flourette flourettet, »• See floweret. flour-gold (fiour'gold),
n. In placer-mining, a name sometimes given to gold ooouiring in
exceedingly fine particles. flouring-mill (floiu'ing-mil), n. A mill for
making flour, usually on a large scale : distinguished from grist-mill.
[U. S.] The way from the mealing-stone to the fiourhig-tnUl is long.
Amer. Anthropologist, I. 307. flourish (flur'ish), V. [< ME. flourishen,
flitrishen, florishen, florisclien, etc., bloom, flower, adorn with
flowers, adorn, ornament, rarely (in Wyolif) of a spear, tr. brandish,
intr. be brandished ; < OF. flouriss-, florisa-, fluriss-.BteTo. of certain
parts of flourir, florir, flurir, P. fleurir (ppr. fteurissant, florissant,
blooming, florissant, flourishing, prosperous), bloom, blossom,
flower, flourish, prosper, = Pv.florire — It. fiorire (< L. florere) = Sp.
Pg. flsrecer, < L. flprescere, begin to blossom, begin to prosper,
inceptive of florere, blossom, flower, prosper, flourish; of. flos (flor-),
a blossom, a flower : see flower, n. and «.] I. intrans. If. To bloom;
blossom; flower. The fijgetree shall not fttyrisshe. Wyolif, Hab. iil. 17
(Oxf.). Let us see if the ym&fiourish, whether the tender grape
ap^ar, and the pomegranates bud forth. Cant. vii. 12. Wither one
rose, and let the other /ourisA .' Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 6. 2. To thrive
under natural forces or conditions ; be in a state of natural vigor or
development ; grow or be developed vigorously. A golden troop doth
pass on every side Of Nourishing young men and virgins gay, Which
Iceep fair measure all the flow'ry way. Sir J. Davies, Dancing. When
he [the cunning enemy] had thus covertly sown them [tares], what
wonder was it that they should grow up together with the corn
andjlourish? Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. iii. By continual meditations
in sacred writings a man as naturally improves and advances in
holiness as a tree thrives ^ndJUnmshes in a kindly and well-watered
soil. Bp. H mod. E. flute, which has displaced the ME. form), mod. F.
fl/Ate : see further under flute'^.'] If. A flute .— 2. A boys' whistle.
Balliwell. [Prov. Eng.]— 3. [Cf. It. /ajiorto, a bundle, fagot, also a
wind-instrument.] A truss or bundle. SalUwell. [Prov. Eng.] floutif
(flout), V. i. [< ME. flowten ^also Jloyten : see flmt^), play on a
flute, < OP. flmter, also fleiiter, and (with false silent s) flmster, play
on the flute : see fliOufi-, n. , and further under flutei-. Cf . ^0M«2.]
To play on the flute. Syngynge he was, oi fhwtynge [var. floytynge']
al the day. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C; T., 1. 91. They flouted and they
taberd, they yellyd and they cryed, loyinge in theyr manner as
semyd by theyr semblamit. Lydgate, Pylgremage of the Sowle (ed.
1869), u. 60. flout2 (flout), V. [Prob. a particular use otput\ play the
flute; cf. MD. fl^yUn, talk smoothly or flatteringly, tr. soothe, as a
horse, by blandishments, impose upon, jeer, a particular use
otflwyten, mod. D. fluit&n = E. floufl-, play the flute: seefloit^. A
similar turn of thought appears in P. piper, decoy, catch with a bird-
call, take in, cheat, d.eoeive, < pipe, pipe: see ptp' andpeepS.] I.
intrans. To mock; jeer; soon, behave with disdain or contumely: with
at Defore an object. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and ;!(m«. ®''''''' The
Imagination is a faculty fba.t Jmts at foreordination. LoweU, Among
my Books, 2d ser., p. *ii
 flout He makes peace with nothing, takes refuge in nothing.
Be flouts at happiness, at repose, at joy. The Century, XXVI. 640. II.
trans. To mock or scoff at ; treat with disdain or contempt. A college
of wit-crackers cannot )!o«t me out of my humour. Shah., Much Ado,
v. 4. The gay beams of lightsome day Gild but \ia flout the ruins
gray. Scott, L. of L. M., il. 1. For he had newev fimUed them, neither
made overmuch of outcry, because they robbed other people. R. D.
Blackmore, Lorna Doone, iv. =Syil. See taunt. flout^ (flout), n. [<
flout^, V.'] Amook; a scoff ; a gibe. The Spaniards now thought
them secure, and therefore . . . asked them if they would be pleased
to walk to their Plantations, with many other sach fioute; but our
Men answered never a word. Dampier, Voyages, 1. 116. Wherefore
wail for one Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn By dressing
it in rags? Tennyion, Qeiaint. The broad floutt* an ironical
representation of a thing as its opposite. As he that saw a dwarfe go
in the streete said to his companion that walked with him. See
yonder gyant ; and to a Negro or woman blackemoore, in good
sooth ye are a faire one : we may call it the broad floute.
Puttenham,, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 159. The antiphrasis, or the
broad flout^ when we deride by flat contradiction, antithetically
callmg a dwarf a giant. . I. D'Israeli, Amen, of Lit., 11. 62. floutaget
(flou'taj), n. [< Jtout^ + -age.'] The act of flouting; flouts.
"Xhefloutage of his own family. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his
Humour, Charj,cters. flouter^t (flou'ter), n. [< ME. flowtowr, floutovr,
< OF. flmteur,fleusteor, mod. F.fliiteur, a, player on the flute : see
floufl stnd fluter. ] One who plays on the flute ; a fluter. ffouter^
(flou't6r), n. [_eiv, Ionic form equiv. to Gr. irXhtv, tt/UZv (-y/
*7r/lEf), sail, go by sea, float, swim, = L. phuere, raiu (pluit, it
rains), Skt. ■\/ pXv,, float, swim, sail, hover, fly; a shorter form of
the root which appears in AS. jkdtan, B. fl^et\ float, etc., and the
derived k^.floUan,'E. float: see fleet^ajid float. Hence flood, q. v.] I,
intrans. 1. To move along, as water or other fluid, in a continuous
succession or stream, by the force either of gravity or of impulse
upon individual particles or parts ; move in a current; stream; run:
as, the river flows northward ; venous blood flmos from the
extremities to the heart; the croyrd. flowed in a steady stream
toward the point of attraction. The tliridde day shal flowe a flood
That a! this world shal hyle [cover]. Altengliache Dichtungen (ed.
BBddeker), p. 239. Where Conradus the Emperour admitted them
into the Countrie of Sueuia : and thence they flowed into other
parts. , Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 160. Hence — 2. To proceed; issue;
well forth: as, wealth jffiows from industry and economy. I'll use that
tongue I have ; if wit^w from it, As boldness from my bosom, let it
not be doubted I shall do good. Shak., W. T., 11 2. What a brave
confidence fmos from his spirit ! Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, 1 1.
Here tears shall ./Zow from a more generous cause. Such tears as
patriots shed for dying laws. Addison, Cato, Prol. 8. To abound; have
or be in abundance; be full: as, flowing eups or goblets. The dry
streets/oio'd with men. Chapman. 4. To glide smoothly, without
harshness or dissonance : as, a, flowing period; flowing numDers.
Cursed be the verse, how wellsoe'er it flow. That tends to make one
worthy man my foe. Pope, ProL to Satires, 1. 233. The immortal
accents which flowed from his [Milton's] Jips. Maeauiay, Milton. 2283
5 . To hang loose and waving : as, flowinq skirts : fliowing Xoiiks. o ,
» , Swell'd with the wanton Wind, they loosely rtow, And ev ry Step
and graceful Motion show. Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love. See
the proud pipers on the bow. And mark the gaudy streamers ytow
Erom their loud chanters down. Scott, L. of the L., ii. 16. 6. To rise,
as the tide : opposed to ehh : as, the tide ebbs and^ows twice in
twenty-four hours. It ebbethe tmifl^wethe, as other sees don.
MandemlU, Travels, p. 272. It flowed twice in six hours, and about
Naragansett . . . [the hurricane] raised the tide fourteen or fifteen
foot above the ordinary spring tides. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I.
320. 7. To discharge blood, as in the oatamenia or after childbirth. —
8. In ceram., to work or blend freely : said of a glaze. II. trans. 1. To
cover with water ; overflow; inundate : as, the low grounds along
the river are annually ^^tweA And in wynter, and specyally in Lent,
it is meruaylously flowen with rage of water yt commy th with grete
vyolence thrugh the vale of Josophat. Sir S. Guylforde, Pylgrymage,
p. 31. Here 1 flowed the drie moate, made a new drawbridge.
Evelyn, Diary, May 8, 1666. 2. To carry down in a current: said of
water in a river. [Eare.] flower 8. That part of an inclosed space, as a
reservoir, along and from which a contained liquid is flowing — Flow-
and-plunge structure, in geol, a pecuUar form of stratification
indicating deposition in the presence of strong and frequently
shifting currents. The flow-and-plunge structuie is nearly the same
aa/alse bedding (which see, under /a(««).— Flow of Induction
across an element of smi ace, in magnetism, the product of the
surface of the element by the pei-pendicular component of
induction. Atkinson. — Line Of flow, in hydrodynamics, a curve
imagined to be so drawn within a liquid at any instant that at each
point of the cuiTe the velocity of the liquid is along the curve. A line
of flow is not generally the path of a particle, because it represents
only an instantaneous state of things, and as the particle moves
onward the line of flow itself becomes distorted. But in the case of
steady motion the lines of flow are fixed and are paths of particles,
being then designated as stream,lines. Every line of flow cuts every
equipotential curve which it meets at right angles ; for at each point
the resultant velocity is along the tangent to the line of flow and
along the normal to the equipotential curve. JUincMn, Uniplanar
Kinematics, VL i. § 101. flcw^ (flou), n. [Sc, < Icel. floi, a marshy
moor, also a bay or large frith,
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