FLOURING
FLOUR'ING, participle present tense Converting into flour; sprinkling with flour.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FLOURISH
FLOURISH, verb intransitive flur'ish. [Latin floresco, from floreo. The primary sense is to open, expand, enlarge, or to shoot out, as in glory, Latin ploro.]1. To thrive; to gr...
FLOURISHED
FLOURISHED, participle passive flur'ished. Embellished; adorned with bold and irregular figures or lines; brandished.
FLOURISHER
FLOURISHER, noun flur'isher.1. One who flourishes; one who thrives or prospers.2. One who brandishes.3. One who adorns with fanciful figures.
FLOURISHING
FLOURISHING, participle present tense or adjective flur'ishing. Thriving; prosperous; increasing; making a show.
FLOURISHINGLY
FLOURISHINGLY, adverb flur'ishingly. With flourishes; ostentatiously.
FLOUT
FLOUT, verb transitive To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.Phillida flouts me.He flouted us downright.FLOUT, verb intransitive To practice mocking; to sneer; to behave wit...
FLOUTED
FLOUT'ED, participle passive Mocked; treated with contempt.
FLOUTER
FLOUT'ER, noun One who flouts and flings; a mocker.
FLOUTING
FLOUT'ING, participle present tense Mocking; insulting; fleering.
FLOUTINGLY
FLOUT'INGLY, adverb With flouting; insultingly.
FLOW
FLOW, verb intransitive [Latin fluo, contracted from fugo, for it forms fluri, fuctum. In one case, the word would agree with the root of blow, Latin flo; in the other, with the...
FLOWED
FLOWED, participle passive Overflowed; inundated.
FLOWER
FLOW'ER, noun [Latin flos, floris, a flower; floreo, to blossom. See Flourish.]1. In botany, that part of a plant which contains the organs of fructification, with their coverin...
FLOWER-DE-LIS
FLOW'ER-DE-LIS, noun1. In heraldry, a bearing representing a lily, the hieroglyphic of royal majesty.2. In botany, the Iris, a genus of monogynian trianders, called also flag-fl...
FLOWER-FENCE
FLOW'ER-FENCE, noun The name of certain plants. The flower-fence of Barbados is of the genus Poinciana. The bastard flower-fence is the Adenanthera.
FLOWER-GARDEN
FLOW'ER-G'ARDEN, noun A garden in which flowers are chiefly cultivated.
FLOWER-GENTLE
FLOW'ER-GENTLE, noun A plant, the amaranth.
FLOWER-INWOVEN
FLOWER-INWO'VEN, adjective Adorned with flowers.
FLOWER-KIRTLED
FLOW'ER-KIRTLED, adjective Dressed with garlands of flowers.
FLOWER-STALK
FLOW'ER-STALK, noun In botany, the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that supports the flower or fructification.
FLOWERED
FLOW'ERED, participle passive Embellished with figures of flowers.
FLOWERET
FLOW'ERET, noun A small flower; a floret.[In botany, floret is solely used.]
FLOWERINESS
FLOW'ERINESS, noun [from flowery.]1. The state of being flowery, or of abounding with flowers.2. Floridness of speech; abundance of figures.
FLOWERING
FLOW'ERING, participle present tense1. Blossoming; blooming; expanding the petals, as plants.2. Adorning with artificial flowers, or figures of blossoms.FLOW'ERING, noun1. The s...
FLOWERLESS
FLOW'ERLESS, adjective Having no flower.
FLOWERY
FLOW'ERY, adjective1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms; as a flowery field.2. Adorned with artificial flowers, or the figures of blossoms.3. Richly embellished with figu...