Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter F > Page 45 of 91. « Previous ¦37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 ¦ Next » Flocculate Floc"cu·late intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flocculated ; present participle & verbal noun Flocculating .] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps.
Flocculate Floc"cu·late adjective (Zoology) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.
Flocculate Floc"cu·late transitive verb To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition. When applied to clay soils it [ lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.I. P. Roberts. Flocculation Floc`cu·la"tion noun (Geol.) The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.
Floccule Floc"cule noun [ See Flocculus .] Flocculence Floc"cu·lence noun The state of being flocculent.
Flocculent Floc"cu·lent adjective [ See Flock of wool.] Flocculent Floc"cu·lent adjective (Chemistry) Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.
Flocculus Floc"cu·lus noun ; plural Floccus Floc"cus noun ; plural Flock Flock noun [ Anglo-Saxon flocc flock, company; akin to Icelandic flokkr crowd, Swedish flock , Danish flok ; probably orig. used of flows, and akin to English fly . See Fly .] The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks .2 Macc. xiv. 14. As half amazed, half frighted all his flock .Tennyson. Flock Flock intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flocked ; present participle & verbal noun Flocking .] To gather in companies or crowds. Friends daily flock .Dryden. Flocking fowl (Zoology) , Flock Flock transitive verb To flock to; to crowd. [ Obsolete] Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.Taylor (1609). Flock Flock noun [ Middle English flokke ; confer Dutch vlok , German flocke , Old High German floccho , Icelandic flōki , perhaps akin to English flicker , flacker , or confer Latin floccus , French floc .] I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [ pommel].Shak. Flock Flock transitive verb To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
Flockling Flock"ling noun A lamb. [ Obsolete] Brome (1659).
Flockly Flock"ly adverb In flocks; in crowds. [ Obsolete]
Flockmel Flock"mel adverb [ Anglo-Saxon flocm...lum . See Meal part.] In a flock; in a body. [ Obsolete] That flockmel on a day they to him went.Chaucer. Flocky Flock"y adjective Abounding with flocks; floccose.
Floe Floe (flō) noun [ Confer Danish flag af iis, iis flage , Swedish flaga , flake , is flaga , is flake . See Flag a flat stone.] A low, flat mass of floating ice. Floe rat (Zoology) , Flog Flog (flŏg) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flogged (flŏgd); present participle & verbal noun Flogging (-gĭng).] [ Confer Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, Anglo-Saxon flocan to strike, or perhaps from Latin flagellare to whip. Confer Flagellate .] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
Flogger Flog"ger noun Flogging Flog"ging adjective & noun from Flog , transitive verb Flogging chisel (Machinery) , Flon Flon noun plural See Flo . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Flong Flong (? or ?), obsolete imperfect & past participle of Fling .
Flong Flong noun [ Of the same origin as flawn , flan , a metal disk.] (Stereotyping) A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates.
Flood Flood noun [ Middle English flod a flowing, stream, flood, Anglo-Saxon flōd ; akin to Dutch vloed , Old Saxon flōd , Old High German fluot , German flut , Icelandic flōð , Swedish & Danish flod , Goth. flōdus ; from the root of English flow . √80. See Flow , intransitive verb ] A covenant never to destroyMilton. There is a tide in the affairs of men,Shak. Flood Flood transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flooded ; present participle & verbal noun Flooding .] Floodage Flood"age noun Inundation. [ R.] Carlyle.
Flooder Flood"er noun One who floods anything.
Flooding Flood"ing noun The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess. Flook Flook noun A fluke of an anchor.
Flookan, Flukan Flook"an, Flu"kan noun (Mining) See Flucan .
Flooky Flook"y adjective Fluky.
Floor Floor noun [ Anglo-Saxon fl...r ; akin to Dutch vloer , German flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icelandic fl...r floor of a cow stall, confer Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr , perhaps akin to Latin planus level. Confer Plain smooth.] Floor Floor transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Floored ; present participle & verbal noun Flooring .] Floored or crushed by him.Coleridge. I've floored my little-go work.T. Hughes. Floorage Floor"age noun Floor space.
Floorer Floor"er noun Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. [ Colloq.]
Floorheads Floor"heads` noun plural (Nautical) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.
Flooring Floor"ing noun A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor , noun Addison. Floorless Floor"less adjective Having no floor.
Floorwalker Floor"walk`er noun One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [ U.S.]
Flop Flop transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flopped ; present participle & verbal noun Flopping .] [ A variant of flap .] Flop Flop intransitive verb Flop Flop noun Act of flopping. [ Colloq.] W. H. Russell.
Floppy Flop"py noun Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. G. Eliot.
Flopwing Flop"wing` noun (Zoology) The lapwing.
Flora Flo"ra noun [ Latin , the goddess of flowers, from flos , floris , flower. See Flower .] Floral Flo"ral adjective [ Latin Floralis belonging to Flora : confer French floral . See Flora .] Florally Flo"ral·ly adverb In a floral manner.
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