Flooring

A platform; a pavement; the bottom of a room or building. The act of laying a floor. Materials for floors. See FLOOR. Floor'le , a. Having no floor. Floor'-timbers, n. pl. Those timbers of a ve el which are placed acro the keel. Flop, v. n. Same as FLAP, q. v. Flo'ra. ( Myth .) The godde of flowers and gardens among the Romans, as Chloris was among the Greeks. She was worshipped among the Sabines long before the foundation of Rome, and Tatius was the first who raised her a temple in the city of Rome. It is said that she married Zephyr us, and received from him the privilege of presiding over flowers, and of enjoying perpetual youth. She was represented as crowned with flowers, and holding in her hand the horn of plenty. (Astron.) A small planet belonging to the group between Mars and Jupiter. (Bot.) A collective name for plants; it is used with regard to the vegetable kingdom in the same way as the term Fauna with regard to the animal. It is common to speak of the Flora of a country or district; and a work devoted to the botany of a country or district is often entitled a Flora of that region. Flo'ra, in Illinois , a city of Clay co., on B. & O. So. West. R.R., 108 m. S.S. E. of Springfield. Is trade center of a good farming region and has some manuf. Pop. (1897) abt. 2,100, Flora, in Kentucky, a P. O. of Hancock co. Flo'ra Dale, in Pennsylvania, a P. O. of Adams co. Flo'ral, a. [Lat. floral is, from flos, flor is, a flower.] Per taining to Flora, or to flowers; as, floral games. ( Bot .) Relating to the blo oms. Floral envelope , a term applied to the calyx and corolla if both are present, or to the calyx when there is only one. These parts envelop or protect the more e ential organs, stamens, and pistil. Flo'ral College, in N. Carolina, a village of Robeson co., abt. 95 m. S.W. of Raleigh.