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[Fr.=flowery, and so translated by an English wit, who made many of the other French republican names for months ridiculous.] Chronol. & Hist .: The appellation given in Oct., 1793, by the French Convention to the eighth month of the republican year. It commenced on April 20, and was the second spring month. flör-e-at-ěd, flör-i-at-ed, a . [Lat. floreus , from flos (gen it. flor is ) =a flower.] Decorated or adorned with floral ornaments; as, floreated capitals of pillars, . Flor-ençe, s . [See def. 1.] 1. Geog .: The English name of a city in the north of Italy. *2. Fabric : A kind of silk cloth. *3. Comm.: A kind of wine made at Florence. "He told me that he had left off Florence."- Walpole : Letters, iii. 329. *4. Num .: A gold coin of the value of six shillings sterling, current in the reign of Edward III. [FLORIN.] Florence-flask, s . A flask of thin gla with a large globular body and long narrow neck, in which Florence-oil is exported from Italy. Florence-leaf, 8. Fine leaf yellow alloy. [BRONZE-POWDER.] Florence-oil, s . A superior kind of olive oil prepared at Florence. *flör-ent, a. [Lat. florens , pr. par. of floreo =to bloom, to flourish.] Flourishing, prosperous. Flor-en-tine, a . & s . [Lat. Flor ent in us .] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Florence. B. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang.: A native or inhabitant of Florence. II. Technically: *1. Cookery : A kind of pastry. 2. Fabric : A kind of silk stuff, chiefly used for men's waistcoats. It is made striped, figured and plain, the last being a twilled fabric. Florentine-experiment, 8. Physics: An experiment made in 1661 by some academicians at Florence to test whether or not water was compre ible. They inclosed it in a globe of thin gold, afterward hermetically sealed. In compre ing the globe the water, instead of yielding, forced its way through the pores of the gold, and stood in drops on its outer surface. ( Ganot .) IMG:content-1792.png:[blocks in formation] 1865