Flushness
Flush″ness, n. The state of being flush; abundance.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Fluster
Flus″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n.Flustering.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat;...
Fluster (2)
Flus″ter, v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.
Fluster (3)
Flus″ter, n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
Flusteration
Flus′ter‐a″tion (?), n. The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered; fluster.
Flustrate
Flus″trate (?), v. t. [See Fluster, v. t.] To fluster. Spectator.
Flustration
Flus‐tra″tion (?), n. The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. Richardson.
Flute
Flute (?), n. [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. flaüte, flahute, flahuste, F. fl�te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See Flute, v. i.] 1. A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow ...
Flute (2)
Flute (flūt), n. [Cf. F. flûte a transport, D. fluit.] A kind of flyboat; a storeship.Armed en flûte (�) (Nav.), partially armed.
Flute (3)
Flute (?), v. i. [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. flaüter, fleüter, flouster, F. flûter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a blowing, fr. fl...
Flute (4)
Flute, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fluted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fluting (?).] 1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.Knaves are men,That lute and flute ...
Flûte à bec
‖Flûte′ à bec″ (?). (Mus.) A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.
Fluted
Flut″ed (?), a. 1. Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes. Busby.2. Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted ...
Flutemouth
Flute″mouth′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.
Fluter
Flut″er (?), n. 1. One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.2. One who makes grooves or flutings.
Fluting
Flut″ing, n. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle.Fluting iron, a ...
Flutist
Flut″ist (?), n. [Cf. F. flûtiste.] A performer on the flute; a flautist. Busby.2. To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fa...
Flutter
Flut″ter (?), v. t. 1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.Like an eagle in a dovecote, IFluttered your Vo...
Flutter (2)
Flut″ter, n. 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.The chirp and flutter of some single bird Milnes..2. Hurry; tumult; agitat...
Flutterer
Flut″ter‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, flutters.
Flutteringly
Flut″ter‐ing‐ly, adv. In a fluttering manner.
Fluty
Flut″y (?), a. Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.
Fluvial
Flu″vi‐al (?), a. [L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent.] Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial pl...
Fluvialist
Flu″vi‐al‐ist, n. One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams.
Fluviatic
Flu′vi‐at″ic (?), a. [L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial.] Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. Johnson.
Fluviatile
Flu″vi‐a‐tile (?), a. [L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius river: cf. F. fluviatile.] Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as,...
Fluvio-marine
Flu′vi‐o–ma‐rine″ (?), a. [L. fluvius river + E. marine.] (Geol.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.