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English Dictionary: floss by the DICT Development Group
4 results for floss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floss
n
  1. a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
  2. a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
    Synonym(s): dental floss, floss
v
  1. use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floss \Floss\, n.
      A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from
      the female and black from the male.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L.
      fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.]
      1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of
            maize; also called {silk}.
  
      2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
  
      {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains
            its loose and downy character. It is much used in
            embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}.
  
      {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used
            for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss
            yarn}. --McElrath.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floss \Floss\, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.]
      1. A small stream of water. [Eng.]
  
      2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace,
            produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which
            are present.
  
      {Floss hole}.
            (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the
                  slags pass out.
            (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. --Knight.
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