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Flote Flote noun [ Confer French flot , Latin fluctus ; also confer Float , noun ] A wave. [ Obsolete] "The Mediterranean flote ." Shak.
Flotery Flot"er·y adjective Wavy; flowing. [ Obsolete] With flotery beard.Chaucer. Flotilla Flo·til"la noun [ Spanish flotilla , dim. of flota fleet; akin to French flotte , Italian flotta , and French flot wave, from Latin fluctus , but probably influenced by words akin to English float . See Fluctuate , and confer Float , noun ] A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.
Flotsam, Flotson Flot"sam, Flot"son noun [ French flotter to float. See FFlotilla , and confer Jetsam .] (Law) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson . Blackstone.
Flotten Flot"ten past participle of Flote , transitive verb Skimmed. [ Obsolete]
Flounce Flounce intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flounced (flounst); present participle & verbal noun Flouncing .] [ Confer OSw. flunsa to immerge.] To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.Barrow. With his broad fins and forky tail he lavesAddison. Flounce Flounce noun The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
Flounce Flounce noun [ Confer German flaus , flausch , a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess , English fleece ; or perhaps corrupted from rounce .] An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.
Flounce Flounce transitive verb To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
Flounder Floun"der noun [ Confer Swedish flundra ; akin to Danish flynder , Icelandic fly...ra , German flunder , and perhaps to English flounder , v.i.] Flounder Floun"der intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Floundered ; present participle & verbal noun Floundering .] [ Confer Dutch flodderen to flap, splash through mire, English flounce , v.i., and flounder the fish.] To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.Sir W. Hamilton. Flounder Floun"der noun The act of floundering.
Flour Flour noun [ French fleur de farine the flower ( i.e. , the best) of meal, confer Spanish flor de la harina superfine flour, Icelandic flür flower, flour. See Flower .] The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard. Flour bolt , Flour Flour transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Floured ; present participle & verbal noun Flouring .] Floured Floured p. adjective Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. Raymond.
Flourish Flour"ish intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flourished ; present participle & verbal noun Flourishing .] [ Middle English florisshen , flurisshen , Old French flurir , French fleurir , from Latin florere to bloom, from flos , floris , flower. See Flower , and - ish .] A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . . soil.Bp. Horne. When all the workers of iniquity do flourish .Ps. xcii 7 Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish , and that by the means of their wickedness.Nelson. We sayTennyson. They dilate . . . and flourish long on little incidents.J. Watts. Impetuous spreadPope. Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus?Shak. Flourish Flour"ish transitive verb Sith that the justice of your title to himShak. And flourishes his blade in spite of me.Shak. Bottoms of thread . . . which with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works.Bacon. Flourish Flour"ish noun ; plural The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish , never had the like.Howell. The flourish of his sober youthCrashaw. He lards with flourishes his long harangue.Dryden. The neat characters and flourishes of a Bible curiously printed.Boyle. A flourish , trumpets! strike alarum, drums!Shak. Flourisher Flour"ish·er noun One who flourishes.
Flourishingly Flour"ish·ing·ly adverb In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
Floury Flour"y adjective Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens.
Flout Flout transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flouted ; present participle & verbal noun Flouting .] [ OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, Dutch fluiten , from fluit , from French. See Flute .] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me.Walton. Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.Byron. Flout Flout intransitive verb To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at . Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout .Swift. Flout Flout noun A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.Tennyson. Flouter Flout"er noun One who flouts; a mocker.
Floutingly Flout"ing·ly adverb With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly .
Flow Flow (flō), obsolete imperfect sing. of Fly , intransitive verb Chaucer.
Flow Flow (flō) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flowed (flōd); present participle & verbal noun Flowing .] [ Anglo-Saxon flōwan ; akin to Dutch vloeijen , Old High German flawen to wash, Icelandic flōa to deluge, Greek The mountains flowed down at thy presence.Is. lxiv. 3. Those thousand decencies that daily flowMilton. Virgil is sweet and flowing in his hexameters.Dryden. In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk.Joel iii. 18. The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl.Prof. Wilson. The imperial purple flowing in his train.A. Hamilton. The river hath thrice flowed , no ebb between.Shak. Flow Flow transitive verb Flow Flow noun The feast of reason and the flow of soul.Pope. Flowage Flow"age noun An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.
Flowen Flow"en obsolete imperfect plural of Fly , intransitive verb Chaucer.
Flower Flow"er noun [ Middle English flour , Old French flour , flur , flor , French fleur , from Latin flos , floris . Confer Blossom , Effloresce , Floret , Florid , Florin , Flour , Flourish .] The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain.Hooker. The flower of the chivalry of all Spain.Southey. A simple maiden in her flowerTennyson. The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue.Arbuthnot. Flower Flow"er intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flowered ; present participle & verbal noun Flowering .] [ From the noun. Confer Flourish .] Their lusty and flowering age.Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring.Spenser. That beer did flower a little.Bacon. Observations which have flowered off.Milton. Flower Flow"er transitive verb To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.
Flower State Flow"er State Florida; -- a nickname, alluding to sense of Latin floridus , from florida flowery. See Florid .
Flower-de-luce Flow"er-de-luce" noun [ Corrupted from fleur-de-lis .] (Botany) A genus of perennial herbs ( Iris ) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. » There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica , I. Florentina , I. Persica , I. sambucina , and the American I. versicolor , I. prismatica , etc.
Flower-fence Flow"er-fence` noun (Botany) A tropical leguminous bush ( Poinciana, or Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima ) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.
Flower-gentle Flow"er-gen`tle noun (Botany) A species of amaranth ( Amarantus melancholicus ).
Flowerage Flow"er·age noun State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general. Tennyson.
Flowerer Flow"er·er noun A plant which flowers or blossoms. Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers .Darwin. Floweret Flow"er·et noun A small flower; a floret. Shak.
Flowerful Flow"er·ful adjective Abounding with flowers. Craig.
Floweriness Flow"er·i·ness noun The state of being flowery.
Flowering Flow"er·ing adjective (Botany) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. Flowering fern , Flowering Flow"er·ing noun Flowerless Flow"er·less adjective Having no flowers. Flowerless plants , Flowerlessness Flow"er·less·ness noun State of being without flowers.
Flowerpot Flow"er·pot` noun A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.
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