floss1 (flos)

[E. dial., prob. a weakened form of flosh2, orig, flash: see flash3. The word, being local Eng., can hardly be borrowed from G. dial. flo , running water, a stream: see fleet3.] A small stream of water: used as a name in the extract. A wide plain, where the broadening Flo hurries on between its green banks to the sea. George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , i. 1.