flomt, flomet

Middle English forms of flume. flonet, n. [ME. flone, flon, earlier flan, Hit monteth, and he let him gon, So of bowe doth the flon . King A lisa under , 1. 784. With flonez fleterede thay flitt fulle frescly ther frekez, ffichene with fetheris thurghe the fyne maylez. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2097. flong1t. Obsolete preterit and past participle of fling . flong2 (flong), n. In stereotyping , a combination of several sheets of moist ti ue-paper succe ively superposed, with thin paste between: used by stereotypers, in the papier-maché proce , to form a mold or matrix from composed types. The flong is beaten on the types with a stiff brush, until it penetrates every depre ion. When dried it serves as a mold or matrix. - Drying the flong, the operation of exposing the matrix of flong to steam or furnace-heat until it is entirely free from moisture.