flot

[FLOAT, 8.] Min.: (See extract.) "The word ' flot ' is a miner's term for ore lying between the beds, or at certain definite horizons in the strata. In text-books flots are generally called 'flats' or 'flattings.' They are of two kinds, (1) those connected with 'cro veins'; (2) those connected with courses of dun limestone." -J. R. Dakyns , in Nature , vol. xxiv., p. 473. *flō-ta, s . [Sp.] [FLEET, 8.] A fleet; spec if. a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz in Mexico, to transport to Spain the productions of Spanish America. "What envied flota bore so fair a freight?" Shenstone: To Lord Temple, Elegy xvi. nounce (2), v. t. [FLOUNCE (2), 8.] To deck out or adorn with flounces; to attach flounces to. flounce (2), s . [Formed by change of r to 1 , from Mid. Eng. frounce a plait or wrinkle, from O. F froncer, fronser=to plait, fold, wrinkle.] [FROUNCE.] A narrow piece or slip of cloth sewed to a petticoat, dre , ., with the lower border hanging loose and spreading.