flouring mill (flouring mil)

A mill for making flour, usually on a large scale: distinguished from grist - mill. [U. S.] The way from the mealing-stone to the flouring - mill is long. Amer. Anthropologist , I. 307. flourish (flur'ish), v . [ flouri - , flori - , fluri -, stem of certain parts of flourir, florir, flurir, F. fleurir (ppr. fleuri ant , flor is sant , blooming, flor is sant, flourishing, prosperous), bloom, blo om, flower, flourish, prosper, = Pr. florire = It. fiorire ( florecer , L. florescere , begin to blo om, begin to prosper, inceptive of florere , blo om, flower, prosper, flourish; cf. flos ( flor- ), a blo om, a flower: see flower , n. and v.] I. in trans. 1t. To bloom; blo om; flower. The fijgetree shall not flor is she . Wyclif, Hab. iii. 17 (Oxf.). Let us see if the vine flourish , whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth. Cant. vii. 12. Wither one rose, and let the other flourish ! Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 5. 2. To thrive under natural forces or conditions; be in a state of natural vigor or development; grow or be developed vigorously. A golden troop doth pa on every side Of flourishing young men and virgins gay, Which keep fair measure all the flow'ry way. Sir J. Davies, Dancing. When he [the cunning enemy] had thus covertly sown them [tares], what wonder was it that they should grow up together with the corn and flourish? Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. iii. By continual meditations in sacred writings a man as naturally improves and advances in holine as a tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly and well-watered soil. Bp. Horne, On Ps. i. 3. To thrive under social or spiritual forces or relations; be vigorous in action or development; be succe ful or prosperous. Jews that were zealous for the Law, but withal infidels in respect of Christianity, did while they flourished no le persecute the Church than heathens. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 11. After kingdoms and commonwealths have flourished for a time, disturbances, seditions, and wars often arise. Bacon , Physical Fables, iii., Expl. But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements. Add is on, Cato, v. 1. Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain. Crabbe, Works, I. 46. 4. To be in a state of active existence or ac- tual exercise; exist in activity or practice. In our school-books we say, Of those that held their heads above the crowd, They flourish'd then or then. Tennyson, The Brook. John Woolton, bishop of Exeter, who flourished soon after the Reformation, was born in the year 1537. Baines, Hist. Lancashire, II. 12. 2282 Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus? Shak., Tit. And., iv. 2. 8. To boast; vaunt; brag. Pope . - 9t. To shake; be brandished. Wyclif , Job xli. 26 (Purv.). He schal scorne a florischynge spere (vibrantem has tam, Vulgate]. II. trans. 11. To cause to bloom; cause to thrive or grow luxuriantly. How God almyghti of his grete grace Hath flourished the erthe on every side! Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 78. I must confe you have expre 'd a lover, Wanted no art to flourish your warm pa ion. Shirley, Love in a Maze, iii. 3. 21. To cause to prosper; preserve. The fier the [fourth] is a fortune that flori heth the soule Wyth sobrete fram al synne. Piers Plowman (B), xiv. 294. flout tinct i on; hence, any ostentatious preliminary sayings or doings: as, his advertisement is accompanied with a flour ish of trumpets. A flourish , trumpets ! -strike alarum, drums! Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. flourish ablet (flur'ish-a-bl), a. [ Davies . He [the devil] sets the countenance of continuance on them [the wicked), which indeed are more fallible in their certainty than flourish able in their bravery. Rer. T. Adams , Works, I. 217. flourished (flur'isht), p. a. In her., same as fleury. flourisher (flur'ish-er), n. One who flourishes. flourishing (flur'ish-ing), p. a. Vigorous; prosperous; thriving. The Gardyn is alweys grene and flori hing, alle the cesouns of the Zeer, als wel in Wyntre es in Somer. Mandeville , Travels, p. 54. Wealth and plenty in a land where Justice raignes not 3. To embellish with flourishes, as handwrit- ing, diction, etc.; adorn with flowery or showy words, figures, or lines; in general, to ornament is no argument of a flourishing State, but of meerne profusely in any way: as, to flourish a signa- ture. IMG:content-1531.png:[blocks in formation] All that I shall say will be but like bottoms of thread close wound up, which, with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works. Bacon , War with Spain. 5. To brandish; hold in the hand and shake or wave about; hence, to display ostentatiously; flaunt: as, to flourish a sword or a whip; to flourish one's wealth or finery; to flourish one's authority. A horseman apeeride, florishynge a shaft. Wyclif , 2 Mac. xi. 8 (Oxf. and Purv.). He casteth ful harde, And fluricheth his falsnes opon fele wise, And fer he casteth to-forn the folke to destroye. rather to or commotion. Milton, Eikon ok las tes, ix. The old city [Alexandria] was, without doubt, in a flour ishing condition, when the trade of the East Indies was carried on that way by the Venetians. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 7. flourishingly (flur'ish-ing-li), adv. In a flourishing manner; with adornment; thrivingly. She is in lyke case flourishing lye decked wyth golde, preciouse stone, and pearles. Bp. Bale , Image of the Two Churches, ii. flourishing-thread (flur'ish-ing-thred), n. A variety of linen thread used for darning and otherwise repairing linen fabric, and also in netting and similar a netting a fancy work. IMG:content-1532.jpg:[graphic]