fiume (flom)

t.; pret. and pp. flumed, ppr. fluming. [ At this time [1850-53] the diggings for gold were chiefly along the rivers. These were " flumed "- that is, the water was taken out of the natural channel by the means of wooden flumes - and the accumulations of sand and gravel in the former beds were washed. J. D. Whitney, Encyc. Brit., IV. 701. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary you for use. It is much better than grated bread or flower, or in most cases than eggs. Lupton, You sand Notable Things, IMG:content-1549.png:[blocks in formation] He [Carlyle] who once popularized the word flunkey by ringing the vehement changes of his scorn upon it is at last forced to conceive an ideal flunkeyism to squire the hectoring Don Bel i anises of his fancy about the world. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 138. 3. In the United States, among stock-brokers, a person who, from inexperience, makes bad in- vestments or loses his money. flunky dom, flunkeydom (flung'ki-dum), n. [ flunky +-dom.] 1. Flunkies collectively.-2. The grade or condition of flunkies; toadyism. Can you deny that you've been off and on lately between flunkeydom and the Cause, like a donkey between two bun dles of hay? flunkyism, flunkeyism (flung'ki-izm), n. [ If the lords had not seats in the upper house, they might depend upon flunkeyism and money-worship of the aver- age English man to return them to the lower. fluoborate (flö-o-bo'rāt), n. The American, VIII. 277. [ Be ye men of mighty stomachs, Men that can't be made to flummux . flunk (flungk), n. [ In moody meditation sunk, Reflecting on my future flunk. ied "derivation" from AS. wlanc , proud, is ab- surd.] 1. A male servant in livery: used in contempt. He rises when he likes himsel'; His Aunkies answer at the bell. fluoboric (flö-o-bo'rik), a. [Short for "fluoro- boric , fluor + bor (on) + -ic.] Derived from fluorite (flö'ō-rit), n. [ acid, HBF4, a colorle oily liquid, which is easily decomfluoroid (flö'ō-roid), n. [ fluoboride (flö-o-bo'rid or -rid), n. [ -ide .] A salt of fluoboric acid. fluocarbonate (flö-ō-kär'bō-nāt), n. *fluorocarbon ate , fluor + carbonate .] In min- eral., a carbonate containing fluorin as an es- sential part. See fluophosphate . fluocerin (flö-o-sē'rin), n. [ cer ( ium ) + -in2.] Same as fluocerite. fluocerite (flö-o-sē'rit), n. [Short for * fluoroce- rite , cer ( ium ) + -ite2 .] A fluoride of cerium and the allied metals, occurring ma ive and in hexagonal crystals in Sweden and Colo- rado (tysonite). It is often altered to a fluo- carbonate called bastnasite or hamartite . fluohydric (flö-ō-hi'drik), a. Same as fluorhy- dric, hydrofluoric . fluophosphate (flö-o-fos'fat), n. [Short for * fluorophosphate , fluor + phosphate .] In min- eral ., a phosphate containing fluorin as an es- sential part. For example, the mineral wagnerite is a fluophosphate, the formula being either Mg3P208 + MgFg or Mg(MgF)PO4. The precise part played by fluorin in the chemical combination may be open to question. fluor (flö'or), n. [LL. fluor , a flow, a flux, fluere , flow: see fluent .] 1. A liquid state.- 2t. Menstrual flux.-3. In mineral . , fluor-spar. lence of a blue tint in the Derby shire specimens, it is there IMG:content-1550.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1551.png:[blocks in formation] fluorescein (flö-ō-res'e-in), n. [ Fluorescein, some of the Eosins, Magda-red, and Resor- cin-blue also show a marked fluorescence when in solu- tion. Benedikt , Coal-tar Colours (trans.), p. 25. fluorescence (flö-o-res'ens), n. [= F. fluores- cence = Sp. Pg. florescencia ; as fluorescen ( t ) + -ce.] The property po e ed by some trans- parent substances of becoming self-luminous while they are exposed to the direct action of light-rays. See phosphorescence . It is especially excited by the violet and ultra-violet rays of the spectrum, and is explained by the change in refrangibility (that is, wave-length) of the incident rays by the substance under experiment. Thus, if a beam of sunlight fall upon a solu- tion of esculin or sulphate of quinine, its path through flurt, n. A Middle English form of flower , flour . flur-birdt (fler'berd), n. [ flur (origin un- known; ef. E. dial. fluring , a brood) + bird1 .] A decoy-bird. Goldsmith . fiurent, a. flurichet, v. A Middle English form of flourish . flurn flurn (flern), v. i. [Appar. a dial. var. of fleerl (ME. fleren, fliren, flyren), or of flurt = flirt; perhaps a imilated to spurn.] To sneer. [Prov. Eng.] Give me leave to turn at them [abortive births), as the poor excrescencies of nature, which rather blemish than adorn the structure of a well-composed body. Fletcher, Poems, Pref. flurryl (flur'i), n.; pl. flurries (-iz). [Origin uncertain; cf. Norw. dial. flurutt, rough, shaggy, disordered, Sw. dial. flurig, disordered, di olute, overloaded, flur, face, head, disordered hair, whim, caprice. In the sense of a gust of wind, ef. flaw2, which may have affected this sense.] 1. A state of perturbed action or feeling; a violent agitation, physical or mental; a disordered or excited movement; flutter; com 2289 William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 212. How faintly flush'd , how phantom-fair, flushl (flush), n. [ See how calm he looks and stately, Like a warrior on his shield, Waiting till the flush of morning Breaks along the battle-field. Aytoun, Burial March of Dundee. The sudden flush faded from her face as she sat oppo- site to him, her astonished eyes still fixed upon him. Mrs. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xxxiv. flush "flushed with victory," where the word is commonly a ociated with flush1, as if it meant 'thrown into a glow'; hence 'heated, excited'; it is, however, a corruption, by a natural confusion with flush1, of flesh, v. t., encourage by giving flesh to, excite, as dogs, by feeding with flesh; cf. " flushed, fleshed, encouraged, put in heart, elated with good succe " (Bailey). See