Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLOOR'ED, pp.

Covered with boards, plank, or pavement; furnished with a floor.

FLOOR'ING, n.

1. A platform; the bottom of a room or building; pavement.
2. Materials for floors.

FLOOR'ING, ppr.

Laying a floor; furnishing with a floor.

FLOOR'LESS, a.

Having no floor.

FLOOR-TIM-BERS, n.

The timbers on which a floor is laid,

FLOP, v.t. [A different spelling of flap.]

1. To clap or strike the wings.
2. To let down the brim of a hat.

FLO'RA, n. [See Floral.]

1. In antiquity, the goddess of flowers.
2. In modern usage, a catalogue or account of flowers or plants.
3. The botany of a particular country.

FLO'RAL, a. [L. floralis, from flos, a flower – which see.]

1. Containing the flower; as, a floral bud; immediately attending the flower; as, a floral leaf. Martyn.
2. Pertaining to Flora or to flowers; as, floral games; floral play. Prior.

FLOR'EN, or FLOR'ENCE, n.

An ancient gold coin of Edward III, of six shillings sterling value, about 134 cents. Camden.

FLOR'ENCE, n.

1. A kind of cloth.
2. A kind of wine from Florence in Italy.

FLOR'EN-TINE, n.

1. A native of Florence.
2. A kind of silk cloth, so called.

FLO-RES'CENCE, n. [L. florescens, floresco. See Flower.]

In botany, the season when plants expand their flowers. Martyn.

FLO'RET, n. [Fr. fleurette; fioretto.]

A little flower; the partial or separate little flower of an aggregate flower. Martyn.

FLOR'ID, a. [L. floridus, from floreo, to flower.]

1. Literally, flowery; covered or abounding with flowers; but in this sense little used.
2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively red color; as, a florid countenance; a florid cheek.
3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched with lively figures; splendid; brilliant; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

FLO-RID'I-TY, n.

Freshness or brightness of color; floridness. Floyer.

FLOR'ID-LY, adv.

In a florid manner.

FLOR'ID-NESS, n.

1. Brightness or freshness of color or complexion.
2. Vigor; spirit. [Unusual.] Feltham.
3. Embellishment; brilliant ornaments; ambitious elegance; applied lo style. Boyle.

FLO-RIF'ER-OUS, a. [L. florifer, from flos, a flower, and fero, to bear.]

Producing flowers.

FLOR-I-FI-CA'TION, n.

The act, process, or time of flowering. Williams. Journ. of Science.

FLO'RI-FORM, a.

In the form of a flower.

FLOR'IN, n. [Fr. florin; It. fiorino.]

A coin, originally made at Florence. The name is given to different coins of gold or silver, and of different values in different countries. It is also used as a money of account.

FLO'RIST, n. [Fr. fleuriste.]

1. A cultivator of flowers; one skilled in flowers. Thomson.
2. One who writes a flora, or an account of plants. Encyc.

FLOR'U-LENT, a.

Flowery; blossoming. [Not in use.]

FLOS'CU-LAR, or FLOS'CU-LOUS, a. [infra.]

In botany, a flosculous flower is a compound flower, composed entirely of florets with funnel-shaped petals, as in burdock, thistle, and artichoke. This is the term used by Tournefort. For this Linnaeus used tubulous. Milne. Martyn.

FLOS'CULE, n. [L. flosculus.]

In botany, a partial or lesser floret of an aggregate flower. Milne.