Dictionary entry

Flowing

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Flow″ing, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.

Flowing battery(Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight.Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. — Flowing sheet(Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten.