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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Flix'-weed, n. p. 522(Bot.) The Sisymbrium sophia, or hedge-mustard, a warm, aromatic plant, sometimes used as a pot-herb, found growing on walls and waste grounds.Flā, n. p. 522An arrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.Flōat, n. p. 522Any thing which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as a mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down the river by the current; a raft. 2. The cork or quill used on an angling…Flōat, v. i. p. 522To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground. Milton. Three blustering nights, borne by the southern blast, I floated. Dryden. 2. To…Flōat, v. t. p. 522To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. Had floated that bell on the Incheape rock. Southey. 2. To flood; to inundate; to…Flōat'a̯ge, n. p. 522Any thing that floats on the water.Flōat'-bōard, n. p. 522One of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water-wheel, or of a steamer's paddle-wheels, by which, in the one case, the water acts upon and moves the wheel, and, in the other, the…Flōat'-cāse, n. p. 522A contrivance for elevating bodies by the upward pressure of water under an air-tight metallic case, moving in a well or shaft.Flōat'er, n. p. 522One who floats or swims. Easden. 2. A contrivance for indicating the height of a fluid in a vessel, whose depth we can not at the time directly examine, by means of an index attached to a body…Flōat'ing, p. a. p. 522Free or loose from the usual attachment, as the floating ribs in some fishes. 2. Employed in floating; as, floating screeds.Flōat'ing-bāt'ter-y, n. p. 522(Mil.) A battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place.Flōat'ing-brĭdge, n. p. 522A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water. See BATEAU-BRIDGE. 2. (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and…Flōat'ing-is'land, n. p. 522A table delicacy, consisting of custard with floating masses of whisked cream or whites of eggs.Flōat'ing-light, n. p. 522(Naut.) (a.) A hull of a ship moored on sunken rocks, shoals, &c., bearing a light to warn mariners of danger. (b.) A life-buoy with a lantern, for use when one falls overboard at night.Flōat'ing-ly, adv. p. 522In a floating manner.Flōat'-stōne, n. p. 522(Min.) A spongiform quartz, so light as to float on water.Flōat'y, a. p. 522Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light. Raleigh.Flōc/cil-lā/tion, n. p. 522(Med.) A delirious picking of bed-clothes by a sick person, as if to pick off locks of wool, &c.;—an alarming symptom in acute diseases. Dunglison.Flōc-cōse', a. p. 522Spotted with small tufts like wool. Wright. 2. (Bot.) Dropping off dense hairy pubescence in little tufts. Henslow.Floc-cōse'ly, adv. p. 522In a floccose or tufted manner. Wright.Flŏc'cu-lençe, n. p. 522The state of being flocculent.Flŏc'cu-lent, a. p. 522Coalescing and adhering in flocks or flakes.Flŏc'cus, n. p. 522(Zoöl.) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. Craig. 2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occurring with the sporules of certain fungi.Flōck, n. p. 522A company or collection of living creatures; — especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals. “A flock of ravenous fowl.”…Flŏck, v. i. p. 523To gather in companies or crowds. “Friends daily flock.” Dryden.Flŏck, v. t. p. 523To crowd. [Obs.] Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. Taylor, 1609.Flŏck'-bĕd, n. p. 523A bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw. Pope.Flōck'ling, n. p. 523A sheep. [Obs.] Brome, 1659.Flōck'ly, adv. p. 523In a body, or in flocks.Flōck'-mās'ter, n. p. 523An owner or overseer of flocks. [Eng.] Simmonds.Flŏck'mel, adv. p. 523In a flock or flocks. [Obs.] Holland.Flōck'-pā'per, n. p. 523A kind of wall-paper, having raised figures resembling cloth, made of flock, or finely comminuted cloth or wool attached to the paper by size or varnish.Flōck'y, a. p. 523Abounding with flocks or locks; floccose.Flōe, n. p. 523An extensive surface of ice floating in the ocean; a detached portion of a field.Flŏg, v. t. p. 523To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows; as, to flog a school-boy or a sailor.Flōg'ger, n. p. 523One who flogs.Flōng, imp. & p. p. p. 523of fling. [Obs.] See FLING.Flōod, n. p. 523A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an…Flōod, v. t. p. 523To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, to flood a meadow.Flōod’er, n. p. 523One who floods or irrigates.Flōod'-gāte, n. p. 523A gate to be opened for letting water flow through, or to be shut to prevent it; hence, any opening or passage; also, an obstruction or restraint.Flōod'ing, n. p. 523A preternatural discharge of blood from the uterus.Flōod'-märk, n. p. 523The mark or line to which the tide rises; high-water mark.Flōok, n. p. 523A fluke. See FLUKE.Flōok'ing, n. p. 523(Mining.) An interruption or shifting of a lode of ore by a cross vein or fissure.Flōok'y, a. p. 523The same as FLUKY.Flōor, n. p. 523The level portion or surface on which one walks in any building; as, the floor of a house, a room, or a bridge; especially, the lowest part of any room, in distinction from galleries. 2. A suite of…Flōor, v. t. p. 523To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. 2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; hence, to put to silence by some decisive argument or retort.…Flōor'-clōth, n. p. 523Oil-cloth, or painted cloth, for covering floors.Flōor'-hēads, n. pl. p. 523(Naut.) The upper extremities of the floor-timbers of a vessel.Flōor'ing, n. p. 523A platform; the bottom of a room or building; pavement. 2. Materials for floors.Flōor'-less, a. p. 523Having no floor.Flōor'-tim'ber, n. p. 523One of the timbers on which a floor is laid.Flŏp, v. t. p. 523To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, &c.; to flap. 2. To let down the brim of, as of a hat.Flŏp, v. i. p. 523To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with his tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.Flōp'-py, a. p. 523Having a tendency to flop; as, their caps were large and floppy. [Eng.]Flō'ră, n. p. 523(Myth.) The goddess of flowers. 2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species native in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of such plants.Flō’ral, a. p. 523Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; as, floral games; floral play. 2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, the flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf. Martyn.Flō'ra-mōur, n. p. 523A flower begetting love. [Obs.] Ash.Flō'ran, n. p. 523(Mining.) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. Pryce.