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The same as FLOUT, 8. (q. v.). bôil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; flow A. Intransitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To move along an inclined plane or descending ground by the operation of gravity, and with a continual change in the position of the particles or parts, as a fluid; to run or spread as water; to stream. 8. To hang loosely; to wave. IMG:content-1802.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To overflow, to inundate, to cover with water. 2. To cover with varnish. Crabb thus discriminates between to flow , to stream, and to gush: " Flow is here the generic term; the two others are specific terms expre ing. different modes: waters may flow either in a large body or in a long but narrow course; they stream in a long, narrow course only; thus waters flow in seas, rivers, rivulets, or in a small pond; they stream only out of spouts or other channels; they flow gently or otherwise; they stream gently, but they gush with a force." (Crabb: Eng . Synon .) IMG:content-1803.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1804.jpg:[blocks in formation] "But thus to risk our Border flower In strife against a kingdom's power." Scott : Lay of the Last Minstrel, iv. 27. (4) The prime; the early or four is hing part of life or manhood. IMG:content-1805.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors] L (a) Section of Primula, showing gamosepalous calyx, gamopetalous corolla, and syncarpous pistil; (b) An- ther; (c) Ovary, style, and stigma; (d) Section of ovary, showing ovules. flower; ( b ) Willow-staminate flower. 3. (a) Section of Buttercup, showing apo sepalous calyx, apo petalous corolla, and apocarpous pistil; (b) Stamen, filament, fila and anther; (c) Pollen; ( d ) Single carpel (highly magnified), showing stigma and ovule inclosed. stamens, and pistil. The two last are the only e ential parts. This is the modern sense of the term. The manner in which its parts are arranged is called their estivation, and the calyx, corolla, formed leaves arranged upon a branchlet; but many writers consider the petals to be transformed stamens. The arrangement of flowers upon a branch or stem is called Inflorescence (q. v.). The term Flower of Constantinople, or Flower Constantinople, is a translation of the old name called Lychnis chalcedonic a . It is named also constant i no pol it an us , given to the Flower of Bris to we. ( Prior , in Britten & Holland .) The Flower of the Axe is Lobelia urens , found in England only near Axminster in Devon; the Flower of Crete is Mesembryanthemum tripolium ; Four Hours, Mirabilis dichotoma; Flowers of and Flower of Jove, Lychnis flos jovis ; Flower of Heaven, a fungal, Nostoc cæruleum ; and Flowers of Tan, Æthalium , a gasteromycetous fungal. It is so called from its growing upon tan. It can creep to the distance or height of several feet, as if 3. Print.: Ornamental types or blocks for borders of pages, cards, and the like. flower-animals, s . pl . Bot.: The same as FLORAL-CLOCK (q. v.). flower-crowned, a. Crowned with flowers. flower-de-lis, 8 . Botany & Her .: The same as FLOWER-DE-LUCE (q. v.). flower-de-luce, s. A bulbous iris; an old Eng- lish name for the more common species of Iris, such as Iris germanic a , . Yellow flower - de - luce : Iris pseud a cor us . *flower-enwoven, a. Entwined with flowers. flower-fence, s . Bot .: A kind of inflorescence in which numerous florets are inserted into a broad receptacle, a cap it ulum (q. v.). flower-inwoven, a. [FLOWER-ENWOVEN.] *flower-kirtled, a . [FLOWERY-KIRTLED.] flower-maker, s . A maker of artificial flowers. flower-month, s . 1. Gen.: Any month in any country in which flow- ers are springing most abundantly. In this country June is specially the month of flowers. "Never fell such fragrance from the flower - month's rose- As from chaplets on the bright friends' brows who plant. Bot .: The peduncle supporting the flowers in a flower-work, s . Natural or artificial flowers arranged for ornament. IMG:content-1806.png:[blocks in formation] *3. To be in the prime or spring of life; to flourish. "This cause detained me all my flowering youth." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , ii. 5. tled beer. *4. To froth, to ferment, to mantle, as newly bot IMG:content-1807.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1808.png:[graphic] "Flowrie bancks with silver liquor steepe." Spenser: Daphnaida. 2. Adorned with flowers, real or artificial. "O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw." highly figurative; as, flowery language, a flower 3. Abounding with flowers of rhetoric; florid; style. IMG:content-1809.png:[blocks in formation] flowing-furnace, s. 1869