Flŏss, n.
n. [Lat. flos, flower.]
Sense 1. A downy or silken substance in the husks of certain plants, as the maize. Tooke.
Sense 2. A fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling-furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths. Ure.
Sense 3. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering on satin, &c.
Sense 4. A small stream of water. [Eng.]