flow1 (flo)

[ They take the flow o' the Nile By certain scales i' the pyramid; they know, By the height, the lowne , or the mean, if dearth Or foison follow. voir, along and from which a contained liquid is flowing. Flow-and-plunge structure, in geol., a peculiar form of stratification indicating deposition in the presence of strong and frequently shifting currents. The flow-and-plunge structure is nearly the same as false bedding (which see, under false ). - Flow of induction acro an element of surface, in magnetism, the product of the surface of the element by the perpendicular component of induction. At kins on. - Line of flow, in hydro dynamics, a curve imagined to be so drawn within a liquid at any instant that at each point of the curve the velocity of the liquid is along the curve. A line of flow is not generally the path of a particle, because it represents only an instantaneous state of things, and as the particle moves onward the line of flow itself becomes distorted. But in the case of steady motion the lines of flow are fixed and are paths of particles, being then designated as streamlines. Every line of flow cuts every equipotential curve which it meets at right angles; for at each point the resultant velocity is along the tangent to the line of flow and along the normal to the equipotential curve. Minchin, Uniplanar Kinematics, VI. i. § 101. flow2 (flou), n. [Sc., flõi , a marshy moor, also a bay or large frith, flõa , flood: see flow1.] A marshy moor; a mora ; a low-lying piece of watery land. In many of these mora es, or flows , as they are called, when the surface is bored, the water i ues out like a torrent. Statist. Acc . of Scotland , xix. 20. A flow is a wet tract of ground, generally flat, though such can exist on a gentle slope where there has been no artificial drainage. Athenœum, No. 3156, p. 503. flow3t. A form of the obsolete preterit and past participle ( flowen ) of fly1. flow, flough2 (flo), a. [E. dial.] Cold; windy; boisterous; bleak: as, flow weather. Brockett. flowage (flō'āj), n. [ Mere. But wrote he like a gentleman? Johp . In rhyme, fine tinkling rhyme, and flow and verse. B. Jonson, Fortunate Isles. 2. Unstable; fluctuating. Jamie son. He was flow and in his minde, and uncertane to quhat parte he wald a ist. Bellenden, tr. of Livy, p. 49. flow-bog (flou'bog), n. [ fly1 . Shak., A. and C., ii. 7. flower (flou'èr), n. [Early mod. E. also flowre, Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece. Pope, E ay on Man, iv. 208. The flow of electricity is parallel and proportional to the flow of force. At kins on, tr. of Mascart and Joubert, I. 188. 2. That which flows, or results from flowing; a ma of matter moving or that has moved in a stream: as, to walk over a lava - flow. I do not think that these felsites all belong to one outburst, whether as an intrusion or a flow . Geol. Jour., XLIV. 277. floure, flour; 3. The rise of the tide: as, the daily ebb and E. flora , floral , etc., and (from L. florere , flour flow. His mother was a witch, and one so strong That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs. Shak., Tempest, v. 1. And knows the ebbs And flows of State. B. Jonson , Volpone, ii. 1. 4. Any strong progre ive movement, as of thought, language, trade, etc., comparable to the flow of a river; stream; current: as, a flow of eloquence; the flow of commodities toward a commercial center. The feast of reason and the flow of soul. Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. 1. 128. Thy constant flow of love, that knew no foil. Cowper, My Mother's Picture. 5. Figuratively, abundant influx or efflux; copiousne in emi ion, communication, or reception. And treasures that can ne'er be told Shall ble this land, by my rich flow . Fletcher ( and another ), False One, iii. 2. By reason of man's imbecility and pronene to elation of mind, too high a flow of prosperity is dangerous. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 76. My joy at being so agreeably deceived has given me such a flow of spirits! Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 2. 6. In mech., the volume of fluid which flows through a pa age of any given section in a unit of time.-7. In ceram., the flux used to cause color to run and blend in firing. What is technically called a flow: i. e., introducing a little volatilising salt into the saggar in which the ware is fired. Jewitt, Ceramic Art, II. viii, ish) flower, v., flourish, florid, etc.] 1. In bot.: ( a ) A growth comprising the reproductive organs of a phenogam ous plant and their envelops. A complete flower consists of pistil, stamens, corolla, and calyx in regular series, any one or more of which may be absent. The female organs, or those of fructification, are the ovules, which are usually inclosed within a stigma bearing pistil or ovary. The male or fertilizing organs are the stamens, the e ential part of which is the pollen-case or anther. According to the a ociation or separation of these organs in the flower or upon the plant, flowers are bisexual (hermaphrodite or perfect), unisexual, monde cio us, diœcio us, etc. The corolla and calyx form the floral envelop or perianth, which may be wholly wanting, in which case the flower is said to be naked or achlamydeous; if the corolla only is absent, the flower is monochlamydeous. ( b ) In bryology, the growth comprising the reproductive organs in mo es.-2. In popular language: (a) Any blo om or inflo rescence. And there in were also alle maner vertuous Herbes of gode smelle, and alle other Herbes also, that beren faire Floures. Mandeville, Travels, p. 278. Here's flowers for you: Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoranı, The marigold. Shak ., W. T., iv. 3. (b) Any plant considered with reference to its blo om, or of which the blo om is the e ential feature; a plant cultivated for its floral beauty.-3. The best or finest of a number of persons or things, or the choice part of a thing: as, the flower of the family. Thei were thre hundred knyghtes that weren full noble and worth i men, ffor the i were the flour of the hoste. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 401. These [the Janizaries) are the flower of the Turkish in 3. To froth; ferment gently; mantle, as new fantery, by whom such wonder full victories have been at- chieved. Sandys , Travailes, p. 38. The Kings Forces were the flower of those Counties whence they came. Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. That beer did flower a little. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 385. 4t. To come as froth or cream from the surface. If you can accept of these few observations, which have flowered off, and are, as it were, the burnishing of many studious and contemplative years, I here give you them to dispose of. Milton , Education. Flowering almond. See almond- tree . - Flowering fern, rush, etc. See the nouns. Flowering plants. (a) Phenogam ous plants, or plants which produce flow ers, as opposed to cryptogamous or flowerle plants. (b) Plants cultivated especially for their flowers. II. trans . To cover or embellish with flowers, Howell , Letters, I. vi. 19. or figures or imitations of flowers, as ribbons, lace, gloves, gla , etc. A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms. 5. A figure of speech; an ornament of style. They affect the flowers of rhetoric before they under- stand the parts of speech. Steele, Tatler, No. 244. Plain truth, dear Murray, needs no flowers of speech. Pope , Imit. of Horace, I. vi. 3. 6. In printing , a type of decorative design used in borders, or in constructed typographic head- bands or ornaments, or with an initial letter.- 7. Eccles ., an ornament of a chasuble, consist- ing in gold or other embroidery of branching When the frost flowers the whiten'd window panes. M. Arnold , Sohrab and Rustum. The drawboy and slides to the stocking frame for bro- cading and flowering gloves, aprons, . A. Barlow , Weaving, p. 36. floriage, foliage , leafage .] semblage of flowers ma , as in decorative art. oliage , leafage .] A flowering; an as- flowers; flowers taken together in St. Edmund's shrine glitters now with diamond flower ages , with a plating of wrought gold. Carlyle , Past and Present, ii. 3. They flitted off, Busying themselves about the flowerage , That stood from out a stiff brocade. or floreated patterns, extending over the upper flower-amourt, n. Same as flor am our. part of the back, about shoulders, and some- times also in front, so as to cover the chest. flower-animals (flou'er-an"i-malz), n. pl . A -8t. The finest part of grain pulverized. See book-name of the Anthozoa . flower-bell (flou'èr-bel), n. A bell-shaped blos- som. [Rare.] Cluster'd flower - bells and ambrosial orbs Of rich fruit-bunches. the genus An thorn is , family Meliphagida .-2. Any bird of the family Care bid a . flower-bug (flou'er-bug), n. The popular name of sundry small true bugs or hemipterous in- sects which frequent The South part thereof [Corfu) is mountainous, and de- fective in waters: where they sow little corn, in that sub- ject to be blasted by the Southern winds, at such times as it flowreth. Sandys, Travailes, p. 3. Whilome thy fresh spring nowrd , and after hasted Thy sommer prowde, with Daff a dillies dight. Spenser, Shep. Cal., January. Nor could thy enemies, though its roots they wet With thy best blood, destroy thy glorious tree, That on its stem of greatne flowers late. cies of Anthocoris . The insidious flower-bug, Antho- cor is ( Triphleps ) insidiosus (Say), is often mistaken for the common chinch-bug, up- on which it preys; it also feeds upon various gall-mak- ing plant-lice. flower-clock (flou'er- klok), n. A collection of flowers so arranged that the time of day is indicated by those which open or shut at cor is insidiosus). (Line shows natural size.) certain hours. flower-de-lis (flou'er-de-lē'), n. See fleur -de- lis . de lis , lit. flower of the lily: see fleur - de - lis , flower , and lily .] 1. A name for species of Iris - the French fleur - de - lis . O flower-de- luce , bloom on, and let the river Linger to ki thy feet! flowered (flou'ėrd), p . a. 1. Covered with flowers; flowery; blooming. Stinging bees in hottest summer's day, Led by their master to the flower'd fields. 2. Embellished with figures of flowers. Cato's long wig, flower'd gown, and lacquer'd chair. Pope , Imit. of Horace, II. i. 337. His morning costume was an ample dre ing gown of gorgeously- flowered silk, and his morning was very apt to last all day. G. W. Curtis , Prue and I, p. 107. R. H. Stoddard , Guests of the State. ers; a plant considered with reference to its Mercy, that herb-of-grace, IMG:content-1538.jpg:[blocks in formation] flowers, or to its manner or time of flowering. Many hybrids are profuse and persistent lowerers , while other and more sterile hybrids produce few flowers. Darwin , Origin of Species, p. 255. floweret (flou'ér-et), n. [Also written flowret ; florete , flurette, F. fleu- rette , f., Pr. Sp. floret a , f., = It. fioretto , m., florettus , a flower: see flower , and cf. flo- ret and ferret2 , doublets of floweret .] A small flower; a floret. IMG:content-1539.png:[blocks in formation] flower-fly (flou'er-fli), n. Any dipterous insect of the family Bombyliida ; also, any other fly which frequents flowers. flowerful (flou'ér-fül), a. [ flower + -ful .] Abounding with flowers. Craig . [Rare.] flower-gentle (flou'èr-jen "tl), n. [That is, gentle or noble flower: a translation of F. " la noble fleur , flower-gentle, velvet-flower, flower- amour, flower-velure" (Cotgrave): see flower and gentle , and cf. flor am our .] A popular name for several cultivated species of Amarant us , and more particularly for A. tricolor , the foli- age of which is brilliantly colored in yellow, green, and red; flor am our. flower-head (flou'er-hed), n. In bot . , a form of inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of florets se ile upon the shortened summit of the axis, as in the Compos itæ . flowerine (flou'ér-i-nes), n. 1. The state of being flowery, or of abounding with flowers.- 2. Floridne , as of speech; profusion of rhe- torical figures. IMG:content-1540.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1541.jpg:[graphic] The kingdom of plants [is divided into] Flowering and Flowerle . W. L. Davidson, Mind, XII. 251. The state flowerle ne (flou'ėr-les-nes), n. or quality of being without flowers. flower-of-an-hour (flou'èr-ov-an-our'), n. bladder-ketmia, Hibiscus Trionum , the flower of which is open only in mid-day. flower-pecker (flou'er-pek"ér), n. 1. An Amer- ican honey-creeper or guitguit of the family Care bid a .-2. Some bird of the family Dicaidæ . Little flocks of the small green flower - pecker (Zosterops) were the only birds seen or heard at the summit. Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed. Shak ., M. N. D., iv. 1. IMG:content-1542.png:[blocks in formation] All the land in flowery squares, Beneath a broad and equal-blowing wind, Smelt of the coming summer. Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter. 2. Adorned with figures or imitations of flowers: as, a flowery pattern.-3. Richly embellished with figurative language; overwrought in figurative expre ion; florid: as, a flowery style. Soft were my numbers; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense? Like gentle Fanny's was my flowery theme. Pope , Prol. to Satires, 1. 149. =Syn. 3. See florid. flowery-kirtled (flou'er-i-ker"tld), a. Clad in flowers. [Rare.] I have oft heard My mother Circe with the sirens three, Amidst the flowery - kirtled Naiades, Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs. Milton , Comus, 1. 254. flowing (flō'ing), n. [Verbal n. of flow1 , v.] 1. The act of that which flows; a flux. At the ordinary flowing of the salt water, it divideth it selfe into two gallant branches. 2285 Ther were floygenes on flote and farstes man ye. MS. Cott. Calig., A. ii., f. 111. ( Hall i well .) In floynes and fercestez, and Flemesche schyppes. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), l. 743. floytt, floytet, n. and v. See floit2 . fluate (flö'āt), n. [ flu (or) + -ate1 .] In chem . , a name formerly given to salts formed by the combination of fluoric acid with a metallic oxid, an earth, or an alkali: as, fluate of lime, alu- mina, or soda. They are properly fluorides. flucan, flookan (flöʻkan), n. [Corn. dial.] In mining, clayey material within the lode, and more especially along its walls: nearly synony- mous with gouge . Some fi ures are entirely filled with flucan, and in Cornwall these are known as flucan courses. Also spelled flukan and flooking . The most part of the copper lodes are accompanied by small argillaceous veins, called by the miners flookans of the lode. Ure, Dict., I. 911. flucet, v. i. [A var., or perhaps an orig. misprint, of flouncel .] To flounce. They flirt, they yerk, they backward Auce , and fling As if the devil in their heels had been. Great sir, your return into this nation in the 12th year of your reign resembles the flowing of the river Nilus in the 12th degree. Parliamentary Hist . , Charles II., an. 1661, Speaker's [Speech to the King. flowing (flo'ing), p . a. [Ppr. of flow1, v.] 1. Moving, as a fluid; running; gliding. Language, above all teaching, Was natural as is the flowing stream. Cowper, Table-Talk, 1. 592. 2. Fluent; smooth, as style; smoothly undulating, as a line; evenly continuous. But Virgil, who never attempted the lyrick verse, is everywhere elegant, sweet, and flowing in his hexameters. Dryden, Epic Poetry. She... wrote the whole out fairly, without blot or blemish, upon the smoothest, whitest, finest paper, in a small, neat, flowing , and legible feminine hand. Hogy , in Dowden's Shelley, I. 183. A purely floral style [of design], flowing in its lines and very fantastic and ingenious in its patterns. Encyc. Brit ., ΧΧΙΙΙ. 211. 3. Continuous; varying continuously. - Flowing quantity, in math., a variable; an integral.-Flowing sheets ( naut.), a phrase noting the condition of the fore and aft sails of a ve el when the sheets are eased off: as, she is running under flowing sheets. - Flowing well, a petroleum-well from which the oil flows or spouts, sometimes in great volume, by reason of the pre ure of the carbureted hydrogen gas which accompanies it. flowing-furnace (flō'ing-fernās), n. A name for the cupola in which iron is melted in foundries. E. H. Knight. flowingly (flo'ing-li), adv. In a flowing manner; smoothly; fluently. I never wrote any thing so flowingly as the latter half [of the article on Horace Walpole]. Macaulay , Life and Letters, I. 294. flowingne (flō'ing-nes), n. The quality of being flowing or fluent; fluency. Nichols. flowk (flouk), n. Same as fluke2 . flowkwort (flouk'wert), n. See flukewort . flow-mo (flou'môs), n. Same as flow - bog . He [Delabatie] being a stranger, and knew not the gate, ran his horse into a Flow -Mo , where he could not get out till his enemies came upon him. Pit scottie, Chron. of Scotland, p. 130. flown1 (flon). [ flogen , flowen , flo gen , pp. of fleógan , fly.] Past participle of fly1 . flown2 (flon), p . a. [ flowen , flowen (scarcely found in use), pp. of flow an , flow: see flow1.] 1. Flooded; steeped; filled; made full. When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial flown with insolence and wine. Milton , P. L., i. 502. [Some have supposed that flown in this pa age is an error for blown. Warton reads swoln.] 2. Decorated by means of color freely blended or flowed, as a glaze. See flow1, v. i., 8.