English Dictionary: fholraimh | by the DICT Development Group |
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Falernian \Fa*ler"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine. | |
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Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American clupeoid fish ({Clupea mediocris}), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also {hickory shad}, {tailor shad}, {fall herring}, and {shad herring}. | |
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Fall \Fall\, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall. 3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin. They thy fall conspire. --Denham. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. --Prov. xvi. 18. 4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire. Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope. 5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall of Sebastopol. 6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents. 7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence. 8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope. 9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara. 10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison. 11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet. 12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn. What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills. --Dryden. 13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow. 14. The act of felling or cutting down. [bd]The fall of timber.[b8] --Johnson. 15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels. 16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule. --B. Jonson. 17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. {Fall herring} (Zo[94]l.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory shad}. {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak. | |
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Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) An American clupeoid fish ({Clupea mediocris}), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also {hickory shad}, {tailor shad}, {fall herring}, and {shad herring}. | |
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Fall \Fall\, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall. 3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin. They thy fall conspire. --Denham. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. --Prov. xvi. 18. 4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire. Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope. 5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall of Sebastopol. 6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents. 7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence. 8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope. 9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara. 10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison. 11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet. 12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn. What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills. --Dryden. 13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow. 14. The act of felling or cutting down. [bd]The fall of timber.[b8] --Johnson. 15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels. 16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule. --B. Jonson. 17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. {Fall herring} (Zo[94]l.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory shad}. {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak. | |
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{Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}. {Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of certain limits. {Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base, through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the field. {Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel. {Foul bill}, [or] {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are infected. {Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections; -- opposed to fair or clean copy. [bd]Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies.[b8] --Cowper. {Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an excessive quantity of errors. {Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any part of his person is outside of the lines of his position. {To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] [bd]If they be any ways offended, they fall foul.[b8] --Burton. {To} {fall, [or] run}, {foul of}. See under {Fall}. {To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom. | |
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Bifilar \Bi*fi"lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + filar.] Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. {Bifilar micrometer} (often called {a bifilar}), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a {filar micrometer}. | |
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d8Dracunculus \[d8]Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}). | |
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{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]}, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}. {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores. | |
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d8Dracunculus \[d8]Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}). | |
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{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]}, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}. {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores. | |
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Flaring \Flar"ing\, a. 1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. His [the sun's] flaring beams. --Milton. 2. Opening or speading outwards. | |
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Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.] 1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares. 2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. 3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. --Shak. 4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.] Flaring in sunshine all the day. --Prior. 5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. {To flare up}, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. | |
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Flaringly \Flar"ing*ly\, adv. In a flaring manner. | |
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Fleer \Fleer\, [imp. & p. p. {Fleered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleering}.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide wound.] 1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. --Shak. 2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.] Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. --Latimer. | |
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Fleeringly \Fleer"ing*ly\, adv. In a fleering manner. | |
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Floor \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. | |
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Flooring \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. | |
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Floramour \Flo"ra*mour\, n.[L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove.] The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.] --Prior. | |
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Floran \Flo"ran\, n. (Mining) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. --Pryce. | |
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Floren \Flor"en\, n. [LL. florenus. See {Florin}.] A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Florence \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. | |
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Flask \Flask\, n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. [?], [?], [?]. Cf. {Flagon}, {Flasket}.] 1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine. 2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. 3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey. 4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc. {Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. {Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as {Betty}, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. {Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking. | |
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Florence \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. | |
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Florence \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. | |
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Florentine \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. | |
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Florentine \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. | |
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Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful mosaic pavement. --Addison. {Florentine mosaic}. See under {Florentine}. {Mosaic gold}. (a) See {Ormolu}. (b) Stannic sulphide, {SnS2}, obtained as a yellow scaly crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the alchemists {aurum musivum}, or {aurum mosaicum}. Called also {bronze powder}. {Mosaic work}. See {Mosaic}, n. | |
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Florentine \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. | |
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Florimer \Flo"ri*mer\, n. (Bot.) See {Floramour}. [Obs.] | |
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Florin \Flor"in\, n. [F. florin, It. florino, orig., a Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr. L. flos. See {Flower}, and cf. {Floren}.] A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents. | |
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Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. {Golden}.] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also {florin} and {gulden}. | |
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Florin \Flor"in\, n. [F. florin, It. florino, orig., a Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr. L. flos. See {Flower}, and cf. {Floren}.] A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents. | |
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Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. {Golden}.] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also {florin} and {gulden}. | |
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Floroon \Flo*roon"\, n. [F. fleuron. See {Flower}.] A border worked with flowers. --Wright. | |
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Flour \Flour\, n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. fl[81]r 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}, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones. {Flour box} a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box. {Flour} {dredge [or] dredger}, a flour box. {Flour dresser}, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. {Flour mill}, a mill for grinding and sifting flour. | |
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Flour \Flour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Floured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flouring}.] 1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat. 2. To sprinkle with flour. | |
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Floweriness \Flow"er*i*ness\, n. The state of being flowery. | |
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Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun. Cf. {Flourish}.] 1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June. 2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser. 3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. --Bacon. 4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off. --Milton. | |
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Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from {flowerless plants}. {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. | |
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Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n. 1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. 2. The act of adorning with flowers. | |
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Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the {Ribes rubrum}. {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R. floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus supernotatus}). {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a spanworm ({Eupithecia}). {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes} ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers. | |
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Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from {flowerless plants}. {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. | |
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Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from {flowerless plants}. {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. | |
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Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.) An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}. {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra}) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but slightly resembling purslane. | |
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Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}. Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. 2. The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}. {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}. {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}. {Nut rush} (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having tuberous roots. {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}. {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}. {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack. {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.} {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis}, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical practice. {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs in some technical characters from {Juncus}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from {flowerless plants}. {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf, under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}. {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}. {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia}) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluoranthene \Flu`or*an"thene\, n. [Fluorene + anthra[?]ene.] (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C[?]H[?], of a complex structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluorene \Flu`or*ene\, n. (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, {C13H10} having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluorine \Flu"or*ine\ (? [or] ?; 104), n. [NL. fluorina: cf. G. fluorin, F. fluorine. So called from its occurrence in the mineral fluorite.] (Chem.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorless gas. Symbol F. Atomic weight 19. Note: Fluorine unites with hydrogen to form hydrofluoric acid, which is the agent employed in etching glass. It occurs naturally, principally combined as calcium fluoride in fluorite, and as a double fluoride of aluminium and sodium in cryolite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flurry \Flur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flurried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flurrying}.] To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. --H. Swinburne. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florahome, FL Zip code(s): 32140 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florence, AL (city, FIPS 26896) Location: 34.82785 N, 87.66506 W Population (1990): 36426 (15913 housing units) Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35630, 35633 Florence, AZ (town, FIPS 23760) Location: 33.03757 N, 111.37391 W Population (1990): 7510 (2143 housing units) Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85232 Florence, CO (city, FIPS 27040) Location: 38.38524 N, 105.11639 W Population (1990): 2990 (1293 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81226 Florence, IL (village, FIPS 26480) Location: 39.62820 N, 90.61020 W Population (1990): 45 (28 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Florence, IN Zip code(s): 47020 Florence, KS (city, FIPS 23600) Location: 38.24284 N, 96.92911 W Population (1990): 636 (302 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66851 Florence, KY (city, FIPS 27982) Location: 38.99150 N, 84.64291 W Population (1990): 18624 (7336 housing units) Area: 21.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41042 Florence, MA Zip code(s): 01060 Florence, MN (city, FIPS 21410) Location: 44.23687 N, 96.05147 W Population (1990): 53 (29 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56170 Florence, MO Zip code(s): 65329 Florence, MS (town, FIPS 24980) Location: 32.15485 N, 90.12842 W Population (1990): 1831 (709 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39073 Florence, MT Zip code(s): 59833 Florence, NJ Zip code(s): 08518 Florence, OR (city, FIPS 26050) Location: 43.98639 N, 124.10311 W Population (1990): 5162 (2741 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97439 Florence, SC (city, FIPS 25810) Location: 34.18100 N, 79.78040 W Population (1990): 29813 (11790 housing units) Area: 38.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29501, 29505 Florence, SD (town, FIPS 21820) Location: 45.05557 N, 97.32591 W Population (1990): 192 (79 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57235 Florence, TX (town, FIPS 26136) Location: 30.83967 N, 97.79265 W Population (1990): 829 (361 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76527 Florence, VT Zip code(s): 05744 Florence, WI Zip code(s): 54121 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florence County, SC (county, FIPS 41) Location: 34.02378 N, 79.70732 W Population (1990): 114344 (43209 housing units) Area: 2070.0 sq km (land), 9.9 sq km (water) Florence County, WI (county, FIPS 37) Location: 45.85110 N, 88.39933 W Population (1990): 4590 (3775 housing units) Area: 1264.1 sq km (land), 24.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florence-Graham, CA (CDP, FIPS 24477) Location: 33.96705 N, 118.24437 W Population (1990): 57147 (13488 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florence-Roebling, NJ (CDP, FIPS 23895) Location: 40.11815 N, 74.79455 W Population (1990): 8564 (3364 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florham Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 23910) Location: 40.77765 N, 74.39680 W Population (1990): 8521 (2969 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07932 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florien, LA (village, FIPS 25860) Location: 31.44944 N, 93.45949 W Population (1990): 626 (307 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71429 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florin, CA (CDP, FIPS 24498) Location: 38.49065 N, 121.40439 W Population (1990): 24330 (9007 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Florin, PA Zip code(s): 17552 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Flower Mound, TX (town, FIPS 26232) Location: 33.02833 N, 97.09267 W Population (1990): 15527 (5366 housing units) Area: 83.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75028 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling exploited in {EAPROM} and {Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory}. It differs from {Frenkel-Pool Tunnelling} in that it does not rely on defects in the {semiconductor}. [More detail?] (2001-09-27) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
fluorine Symbol: F Atomic number: 9 Atomic weight: 18.9984 A poisonous pale yellow gaseous element belonging to group 17 of the periodic table (The halogens). It is the most chemically reactive and electronegative element. It is highly dangerous, causing severe chemical burns on contact with flesh. Fluorine was identified by Scheele in 1771 and first isolated by Moissan in 1886. |