Flourish, flur'-ish, v.n

to thrive; to increase in wealth, honour, .; to prosper; to be copious and flowery in language; to make free sweeping strokes or dashes with a pen or otherwise; to indulge a similar vein in music; to boast; to brag: v.a. to adorn with flowers or ornaments; to expand in a flowery way; to brandish; to parade about: to embellish with the flowers of diction; to garnish over: s. showy splendour; showy embellishment; parade of words and figures; figures formed bybold, irregular, or fanciful strokes of the pen or graver a brandishing the waving of weapon or other thing;; the decorative; notes sometimes added for the sake of effect [Mus.] Flourish of trumpets, the sounding of trumpets when receiving any officer or person of distinction; any ostentatious announcement (L. flos,flor is, a flower). Flourisher, flur'-ish-er, s. one who flourishes. Flourishing,flur'-ish-ing, a. thriving; prosperous; makFloury, flou' -re, a.a. covered with flour; like flour. Flout,flout, v.a. to mock or insult; to treat with con a tempts v.n. to sneer; to behave with contempt: s. a Flouter, flout'-er, s. one who flouts; mocker. Floutingly, flout'-ing-le, ad. with flouting; insultingly. Flow, flo, v.n. to move or run, as afluid; to melt; to Flowage, flo' -aje, s. state or act of flowing. Flower, flour, s. the blo om of a plant; the period of Flowerage, flowers. flour'-aje, s. the state of being in flower; Flower-basket, flour'-bäs-ket, s. a fancy stand or basket Flower-bearing, flour'-bayr-ing, a. producing flowers. Flower-bud, flour-bud, s. the bud which produces a Flower-de-luce, flour -de-luce, s. the iris. See Fleur-deFlowered,flou'-erd, a. expanded into flowers; embelFloweret,flour'-et, s. a small flower; a floret. Flower-fence, flour -fens, s. a beautiful tropical bush, Flower-garden, flour'-gär-den, s. a garden in which Flower-gentle, flour -gen-tl, s. a species of amaranth. Flower-head, flour'-hed, s. that mode of inflorescence in Flowering,flour'-ing, a. having flowers, or phanerogaFlowering-ash, flour'-ing-ash, s. the manna-ash. Flowering-fern, flour'-ing-fern, s. the osmunda regal is. Flowering-rush, flour -ing-rush, s. a handsome aquatic Flower-leaf,flour' -leef, s. a petal. Flowerle , flour'-les, a. having no flowers. Flowerle Flower-maker, flour'-ma-ker, s. one who makes artificial Flower-pot, flour'-pot, s. an earthenware or china pot Flower-show, flour -sho, s. horticultural display, genes. Flower-stalk, flour'-stawk, s. a stalk supporting a flower. Flowery,flour'-e,a. abounding with flowers or blo oms; a Flowerine , flour'-e-nes, s. the state of being flowery. Flowing,flo'-ing,a. moving as a fluid; inundating;fluent Flute, flu'-ate, s. a fluoride. Lucan, S flu'-kan, s. See Flookanand Flooking. Flukan, Fluctuant, fluk'-tu-ant, a. wavering; unsteady. Fluctuate,fluk'-tu-ate, v.n. to float backward and for Fluctuating, to cause to fluk'-tu-a-ting fluctuate (L.fluctus a. unsteady;, a wave) wavering.. Fluctuation, fluk-tu-a'-shun,, s. a moving hither and Flue, flu, s. a pa age or pipe for conveying away smoke, or conveying he at. See Flute. Flue, flu, s. soft down, fur, or hair; fluff. Fluellite, flu'-el-lite, s. the fluoride of aluminium. Fluency, flew'-en-se, s. the quality of being fluent. Fluent, flew'-ent, a. flowing; having a ready command flew'-ent-le, ad. with fluency. Fluff, fluf, s. a light down, such as rises from beds, Fluffy, fluf' -fe, a. consisting of fluff. Flugelman, flew'-gl-man, s. See Fugleman. Fluid, flu'-id, a. that may flow, like water or air; liquid move and change their relative position. Fluidity, flu-id'-e-te, s. the quality of being fluid; a Fluidne , flu'-id-nes, 5 fluid state. Fluidize, flu'-id-ize, v.a. to change into a fluid. the ground; section of the tail of a whale; chance succe ful hit (Ger. Flügel, a wing). found in the intestines of sheep and other animals. that drives a mill-wheel; any water-channel.