florentine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: florentine	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for florentine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florentine adj of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence; "Florentine art" n a native or resident of Florence, Italy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florentine \Flor"entine\ (? [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.