Chapter 606

Floc"cus (?) , n. ; pl. Flocci (#) . [L., a flock of wool.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals . (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Flock <Xpage=572>

Flock (?) , n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel. flokkr crowd, Sw. flock , Dan. flok ; prob. orig. used of flows, and akin to E. fly . See Fly .] 1. A 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; as, a flock of ravenous fowl .

Milton.

The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks . 2 Macc. xiv. 14.

2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.

As half amazed, half frighted all his flock . Tennyson.

Flock <Xpage=572>

Flock , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flocked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocking .] To gather in companies or crowds.

Friends daily flock . Dryden.

Flocking fowl (Zo\'94l.) , the greater scaup duck.

Flock <Xpage=572>

Flock , v. t. To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]

Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. Taylor (1609).

Flock <Xpage=572>

Flock , n. [OE. flokke ; cf. D. vlok , G. flocke , OHG. floccho , Icel. fl<?/ki , perh. akin to E. flicker , flacker , or cf. L. floccus , F. floc .] 1. A lock of wool or hair.

I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel]. Shak.

2. Woolen or cotton refuse ( sing. &or; pl. ), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.

3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.

Flock bed , a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed , but repaired with straw." Pope. -- Flock paper , paper coated with flock fixed with glue or size.

Flock <Xpage=572>

Flock , v. t. 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 <Xpage=572>

Flock"ling , n. A lamb. [Obs.]

Brome (1659).

Flockly <Xpage=572>

Flock"ly , adv. In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]

Flockmel <Xpage=572>

Flock"mel (?) , adv. [AS. flocm<?/lum . See Meal part.] In a flock; in a body. [Obs.]

That flockmel on a day they to him went. Chaucer.

Flocky <Xpage=572>

Flock"y , a. Abounding with flocks; floccose.

Floe <Xpage=572>

Floe (?) , n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iis flage , Sw. flaga , flake , is flaga , is flake . See Flag a flat stone.] A low, flat mass of floating ice.

Floe rat (Zo\'94l.) , a seal ( Phoca f\'d2tida ).

Flog <Xpage=572>

Flog (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flogged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging (?) .] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate .] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

Flogger <Xpage=572>

Flog"ger (?) , n. 1. One who flogs.

2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.

Knight.

Flogging <Xpage=572>

Flog"ging (?) , a. & n. from Flog , v. t.

Flogging chisel (Mach.) , a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. -- Flogging hammer , a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

Flon <Xpage=572>

Flon (?) , n. pl. See Flo . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Flong <Xpage=572>

Flong (? &or; ?) , obs. imp. & p. p. of Fling .

Flood <Xpage=572>

Flood (?) , n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl&omac;d ; akin to D. vloed , OS. fl&omac;d , OHG. fluot , G. flut , Icel. fl&omac;&edh; , Sw. & Dan. flod , Goth. fl&omac;dus ; from the root of E. flow . &root;80. See Flow , v. i. ] 1. A 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 inundation.

A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood . Milton.

2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb ; as, young flood ; high flood .

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood , leads on to fortune. Shak.

3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light ; a flood of lava ; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

4. Menstrual disharge; menses.

Harvey.

Flood anchor (Naut.) , the anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising. -- Flood fence , a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by a flood. -- Flood gate , a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a body of water; a tide gate. -- Flood mark , the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood, rises; high-water mark. -- Flood tide , the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide . -- The Flood , the deluge in the days of Noah.

Flood <Xpage=572>

Flood , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flooded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooding .] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley .

2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation ; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency .

Floodage <Xpage=572>

Flood"age (?; 48) , n. Inundation. [R.]

Carlyle.

Flooder <Xpage=572>

Flood"er (?) , n. One who floods anything.

Flooding <Xpage=572>

Flood"ing , n. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.

2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus.

Dunglison.

Flook <Xpage=572>

Flook (?) , n. A fluke of an anchor.

Flookan, Flukan <Xpage=572>

Flook"an (?) , Flu"kan (?) , n. (Mining) See Flucan .

Flooky <Xpage=572>

Flook"y (?) , a. Fluky.

Floor <Xpage=572>

Floor (?) , n. [AS. fl<?/r ; akin to D. vloer , G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl<?/r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr , perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.] 1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.

3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge .

4. A story of a building. See Story .

5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]

&hand; Instead of he has the floor , the English say, he is in possession of the house .

6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body.

Raymond.

Floor cloth , a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. -- Floor cramp , an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. -- Floor light , a frame with glass panes in a floor. -- Floor plan . (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.

Floor <Xpage=572>

Floor , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Floored (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring .] 1. To 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; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent .

Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.

3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination . [Colloq.]

I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.

Floorage <Xpage=572>

Floor"age (?; 48) , n. Floor space.

Floorer <Xpage=572>

Floor"er (?) , n. 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 <Xpage=572>

Floor"heads` , n. pl. (Naut.) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.

Flooring <Xpage=572>

Floor"ing , n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor , n.

Addison.

2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.

Floorless <Xpage=572>

Floor"less , a. Having no floor.

Floorwalker <Xpage=572>

Floor"walk`er (?) , n. One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.]

Flop <Xpage=572>

Flop (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flopped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping .] [A variant of flap .] 1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]

Fielding.

Flop <Xpage=572>

Flop (?) , v. i. 1. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops .

2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.]

Dickens.

Flop <Xpage=572>

Flop , n. Act of flopping. [Colloq.]

W. H. Russell.

Floppy <Xpage=572>

Flop"py (?) , n. Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim .

G. Eliot.

Flopwing <Xpage=572>

Flop"wing` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The lapwing.

Flora <Xpage=572>

Flo"ra (?) , n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos , floris , flower. See Flower .] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.

2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

Floral <Xpage=572>

Flo"ral (?) , a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora : cf. F. floral . See Flora .] 1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths .

2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters.

Martyn.

Floral envelope (Bot.) , the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.

Florally <Xpage=572>

Flo"ral*ly , adv. In a floral manner.

Floramour <Xpage=572>

Flo"ra*mour (?) , n. [L. flos , floris , flower + amor love.] The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.]

Prior.

Floran <Xpage=572>

Flo"ran (?) , n. (Mining) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine.

Pryce.

Flor\'82al <Xpage=572>

Flo`r\'82al" (?) , n. [F. flor\'82al , fr. L. flos , floris , flower.] The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vend\'82miare .

Floren <Xpage=572>

Flor"en (?) , n. [LL. florenus . See Florin .] A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Florence <Xpage=572>

Flor"ence (?) , n. [From the city of Florence : cf. F. florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin .] 1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value.

Camden.

2. A kind of cloth.

Johnson.

Florence flask . See under Flask . -- Florence oil , olive oil prepared in Florence.

Florentine <Xpage=572>

Flor"en*tine (? &or; ?; 277) , a. [L. Florentinus , fr. Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin .] Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.

Florentine mosaic , a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

Florentine <Xpage=572>

Flor"en*tine , n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.

2. A kind of silk.

Knight.

3. A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie. [Obs.]

Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines . Beau. & Fl.

Florescence <Xpage=572>

Flo*res"cence (?) , n. [See Florescent .] (Bot.) A bursting into flower; a blossoming.

Martyn.

Florescent <Xpage=572>

Flo*res"cent (?) , a. [L. florescens , p.pr. of florescere begin to blossom, incho. fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos , floris , flower. See Flower .] Expanding into flowers; blossoming.

Floret <Xpage=572>

Flo"ret (?) , n. [OF. florete , F. fleurette , dim. of OF. lor , F. fleur . See Flower , and cf. Floweret , 3d Ferret .] 1. (Bot.) A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Gray.

2. [F. fleuret .] A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing. [Obs.]

Cotgrave.

Floriage <Xpage=572>

Flo"ri*age (?) , n. [L. flos , flori<?/ , flower.] Bloom; blossom. [Obs.]

J. Scott.

Floriated <Xpage=572>

Flo"ri*a`ted (?) , a. (Arch.) Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothic pillars .

Floricmous <Xpage=572>

Flo*ric"mous (?) , a. [L. flos , floris , flower + coma hair.] Having the head adorned with flowers. [R.]

Floricultural <Xpage=572>

Flo`ri*cul"tur*al (? &or; ?; 135) , a. Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.

Floriculture <Xpage=572>

Flo"ri*cul`ture (? &or; ?; 135, 277) , n. [L. flos , floris , flower + cultura culture.] The cultivation of flowering plants.

Floriculturist <Xpage=572>

Flo`ri*cul"tur*ist (?) , n. One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.

Florid <Xpage=572>

Flor"id (?) , a. [L. floridus , fr. flos , floris , flower. See Flower .] 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]

Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor.

2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance .

3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

Florida bean <Xpage=572>

Flor"i*da bean" (?) . (Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens . See under Bean . (b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens .

Floride\'91 <Xpage=572>

Flo*rid"e*\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL., from L. flos , floris , a flower.] (Bot.) A subclass of alg\'91 including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodosperme\'91 of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

Floridity <Xpage=572>

Flo*rid"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being florid; floridness.

Floyer.

Floridly <Xpage=572>

Flor"id*ly (?) , adv. In a florid manner.

Floridness <Xpage=572>

Flor"id*ness , n. The quality of being florid.

Boyle.

Floriferous <Xpage=572>

Flo*rif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. florifer ; flos , floris , flower + ferre to bear; cf. F. florif\'8are .] Producing flowers.

Blount.

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Florification <Xpage=573>

Flo`ri*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. flos , floris , flower + facere to make.] The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.

Floriform <Xpage=573>

Flo"ri*form (? &or; ?) , a. [L. flos , floris , flower + -form : cf. F. floriforme .] Having the form of a flower; flower-shaped.

Floriken <Xpage=573>

Flo"ri*ken (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An Indian bustard ( Otis aurita ). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis . [Written also florikan , floriken , florican .]

Florilege <Xpage=573>

Flo"ri*lege (?) , n. [L. florilegus flower-culling; flos , floris , flower + legere to gather: cf. F. floril\'8age .] The act of gathering flowers.

Florimer <Xpage=573>

Flo"ri*mer (?) , n. (Bot.) See Floramour . [Obs.]

Florin <Xpage=573>