FLOATER
FLO'ATER, noun One that floats or swims.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FLOATING
FLO'ATING, participle present tense1. Swimming; conveying on water; overflowing.2. Lying flat on the surface of the water; as a floating leaf.
FLOATING-BRIDGE
FLOAT'ING-BRIDGE, noun1. In the United States, a bridge, consisting of logs or timber with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water.2. In war, a kind of double bridge, th...
FLOATSTONE
FLO'ATSTONE, noun Swimming flint, spungiform quartz, a mineral of a spungy texture, of a whitish gray color, often with a tinge of yellow. It frequently contains a nucleus of co...
FLOATY
FLO'ATY, adjective Buoyant; swimming on the surface; light.
FLOCCULENCE
FLOC'CULENCE, noun [Latin flocculus, floccus. See Flock.]The state of being in locks or flocks; adhesion in small flakes.
FLOCCULENT
FLOC'CULENT, adjective Coalescing and adhering in locks or flakes.I say the liquor is broken to flocculence, when the particles of herbaceous matter, seized by those of the lime...
FLOCK
FLOCK, noun [Latin floccus. It is the same radically as flake, and applied to wool or hair, we write it lock. See Flake.]1. A company or collection; applied to sheep and other s...
FLOCKING
FLOCK'ING, participle present tense Collecting or running together in a crowd.
FLOG
FLOG, verb transitive [Latin figo, to strike, that is, to lay on; Latin flagrum, flagellum, Eng. flail; Gr.; Latin plaga, a stroke, Eng. plague, slay.]To beat or strike with a r...
FLOGGED
FLOG'GED, participle passive Whipped or scourged for punishment; chastised.
FLOGGING
FLOG'GING, participle present tense Whipping for punishment; chastising.FLOG'GING, noun A whipping for punishment.
FLOOD
FLOOD, noun flud.1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; particularly, a body of water, rising, swelling and overflowing land not usually covered with water. Thus ther...
FLOODED
FLOOD'ED, participle passive Overflowed inundated.
FLOODGATE
FLOOD'GATE, noun1. A gate to be opened for letter water flow through, or to be shut to prevent it.2. An opening or passage; an avenue for a flood or great body.
FLOODING
FLOOD'ING, participle present tense Overflowing; inundating.FLOOD'ING, noun Any preternatural discharge of blood from the uterus.FLOOD'-MARK, noun The mark or line to which the ...
FLOOK
FLOOK. See Fluke, the usual orthography.]
FLOOKING
FLOOK'ING, noun In mining, an interruption or shifting of a load of ore, by a cross vein or fissure.
FLOOR
FLOOR, noun flore. [In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.]1. That ...
FLOOR-TIMBERS
FLOOR-TIMBERS, noun The timbers on which a floor is laid.
FLOORED
FLOOR'ED, Covered with boards, plank or pavement; furnished with a floor.
FLOORING
FLOOR'ING, participle present tense Laying a floor; furnishing with a floor.FLOOR'ING, noun1. A platform; the bottom of a room or building; pavement.2. Materials for floors.
FLOP
FLOP, verb transitive [A different spelling of flap.]1. To clap or strike the wings.2. To let down the brim of a hat.
FLORA
FLO'RA, noun [See Floral.]1. In antiquity, the goddess of flowers.2. In modern usage, a catalogue or account of flowers or plants.
FLORAL
FLO'RAL, adjective [Latin floralis, from flos, a flower, which see.]1. Containing the flower, as a floral bud; immediately attending the flower, as a floral leaf.2. Pertaining t...
FLOREN
FLOR'ENFLOR'ENCE, noun An ancient gold coin of Edward III of six shillings sterling value, about 134 cents.FLOR'ENCE, noun1. A kind of cloth.2. A kind of wine from Florence in I...
FLORENCE
FLOR'ENCE, n. An ancient gold coin of Edward III of six shillings sterling value, about 134 cents.FLOR'ENCE, n.1. A kind of cloth.2. A kind of wine from Florence in Italy.