English Dictionary: floral arrangement | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Filarial \Fi*la"ri*al\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l. & Med.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filari[91] and allied parasitic worms. 2. Straight, as if in a line; as, the filarial flight of birds. | |
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Floor \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.] Note: 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. | |
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Floorless \Floor"less\, a. Having no floor. | |
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Floorwalker \Floor"walk`er\, n. One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.] | |
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Floral \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. | |
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Floral \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. | |
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Florally \Flo"ral*ly\, adv. In a floral manner. | |
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Florilege \Flo"ri*lege\, n. [L. florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower + legere to gather: cf. F. floril[8a]ge.] The act of gathering flowers. | |
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Florulent \Flor"u*lent\, a. [L. florulentus, fr. flos, floris, flower.] Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Flowerless \Flow"er*less\, a. Having no flowers. {Flowerless plants}, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptogamous plants. | |
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Flowerless \Flow"er*less\, a. Having no flowers. {Flowerless plants}, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptogamous plants. | |
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Flowerlessness \Flow"er*less*ness\, n. State of being without flowers. | |
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Floral, AR Zip code(s): 72534 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Floral City, FL (CDP, FIPS 22775) Location: 28.74138 N, 82.29150 W Population (1990): 2609 (1612 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Floral Park, NY (village, FIPS 26264) Location: 40.72232 N, 73.70363 W Population (1990): 15947 (5796 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11001 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Florala, AL (city, FIPS 26848) Location: 31.02111 N, 86.30845 W Population (1990): 2075 (1063 housing units) Area: 27.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36442 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Flower Hill, NY (village, FIPS 26352) Location: 40.80853 N, 73.67596 W Population (1990): 4490 (1506 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |