Webster's Dictionary 1913

2215

Flock (4)

Flock, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG. floccho, Icel. flōki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker, or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.] 1. A lock of wool or hair.I prythee, To...

2216

Flock (5)

Flock, v. t. To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.

2217

Flockling

Flock″ling, n. A lamb. Brome (1659).

2218

Flockly

Flock″ly, adv. In flocks; in crowds.

2219

Flockmel

Flock″mel (?), adv. [AS. flocm�lum. See Meal part.] In a flock; in a body.That flockmel on a day they to him went. Chaucer.

2220

Flocky

Flock″y, a. Abounding with flocks; floccose.

2221

Floe

Floe (flō), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.] A low, flat mass of floating ice.Floe rat(Zoöl.), a seal (Phoca fœtida).

2222

Flog

Flog (flŏg), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flogged (flŏgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Flogging (–gĭng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. ...

2223

Flogger

Flog″ger (?), n. 1. One who flogs.2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. Knight.

2224

Flogging

Flog″ging (?), a. & n. from Flog, v. t.Flogging chisel(Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. — Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogg...

2225

Flon

Flon (?), n. pl. See Flo. Chaucer.

2226

Flong

Flong (? or?), obs.imp. & p. p. of Fling.

2227

Flong (2)

Flong (?), n. [Of the same origin as flawn, flan, a metal disk.] (Stereotyping) A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates.

2228

Flood

Flood (?), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flōd; akin to D. vloed, OS. flōd, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. flōð, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flōdus; from the root of E. flow....

2229

Flood (2)

Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.Flooding.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.2. To cause or permit to be inundat...

2230

Floodage

Flood″age (?; 48), n. Inundation. Carlyle.

2231

Flooder

Flood″er (?), n. One who floods anything.

2232

Flooding

Flood″ing, n. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from ...

2233

Flook

Flook (?), n. A fluke of an anchor.

2234

Flookan

{ Flook″an (?), Flu″kan (?) }, n.(Mining) See Flucan.

2235

Flooky

Flook″y (?), a. Fluky.

2236

Floor

Floor (?), n. [AS. fl�r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl�r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin t...

2237

Floor (2)

Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Floored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flooring.] 1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.2. To strike down or la...

2238

Floorage

Floor″age (?; 48), n. Floor space.

2239

Floorer

Floor″er (?), n. Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities.

2240

Floorheads

Floor″heads′, n. pl.(Naut.) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.

2241

Flooring

Floor″ing, n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n.Addison.2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.