Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: FLU'OR-IN, or FLU'OR-INE – FLUTE
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An element in the form of a yellowish brown gas, with the odor of chlorine and burnt sugar; one of the acidifying and basifying principles.
FLU-O-SIL'IC-ATE, n. [fluor and silex or silica.]
In chimistry, a compound of fluosilicic acid, with some base.
FLU-O-SI-LIC'IC-AC-ID, n. [FLU-O-SI-LIC'IC AC-ID.]
An acid composed of silicium and fluorine.
FLUR'RI-ED, pp.
Put in agitation.
FLUR'RY, n.
- A sudden blast or gust, or a light temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind. It is never with us applied to a storm of duration.
- A sudden shower of short duration; as, a flurry of snow.
- Agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
FLUR'RY, v.t.
To put in agitation; to excite or alarm. Swinburne.
FLUR'RY-ING, ppr.
Putting in agitation.
FLUSH, a.
- Fresh; full of vigor; glowing; bright. Flush as May. Shak.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. Arbuthnot.
- Free to spend; liberal; prodigal. He is very flush with his money. This is a popular use of the word in America. A flush deck, in seamen's language, is a deck without a half-deck forecastle. [Qu. Russ. ploskei, flat. The sense of spreading naturally results from that of flowing.]
FLUSH, n.
- A sudden flow of blood to the face; or more generally, the redness of face which proceeds from such an afflux of blood. Hectic constitutions are often known by a frequent flush in the cheeks.
- Sudden impulse or excitement; sudden glow; as, a flush of joy.
- Bloom; growth; abundance. Goldsmith.
- [Fr. and Sp. flux.] A run of cards of the same suit.
- A term for a number of ducks. Spenser.
FLUSH, n.
In architecture, the continued surface in the same place of two contiguous masses. Brande.
FLUSH, v.i. [G. fliessen, imperf. floss, to flow; D. vlieten, in a different dialect. It coincides in elements with blush, blaze and flash.]
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
- To come in haste; to start. B. Jonson.
- To appear suddenly, as redness or a blush. A blush rose on their cheeks, / Flushing and fading like the changeful play / Of colors on a dolphin. Percival.
- To become suddenly red; to glow; as, the cheeks flush.
- To be gay, splendid or beautiful. At once, arrayed / In all the colors of the flushing year, / The garden glows. Thomson.
FLUSH, v.t.
- To redden suddenly; to cause the blood to rush suddenly into the face. Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. Gay.
- To elate; to elevate; to excite the spirits; to animate with joy; as, to flush with victory.
FLUSH'ED, pp.
- 1. Overspread or tinged with a red color from the flowing of blood to the face. We say, the skin, face or cheek is flushed.
- Elated; excited; animated; as, flushed with joy or success. Heated or excited with strong drink. Sir. W. Temple
FLUSH'ER, n.
The lesser butcher-bird. Chambers.
FLUSH'ING, n.
A glow of red in the face.
FLUSH'ING, ppr.
Overspreading with red; glowing.
FLUSH'ING-LY, adv.
In a flushing manner.
FLUSH'NESS, n.
Freshness. Gauden.
FLUS'TER, n.
Heat; glow; agitation; confusion; disorder.
FLUS'TER, v.i.
To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated.
FLUS'TER, v.t.
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking, to heat; to hurry; to agitate; to confuse. Swift.
FLUS'TER-ED, pp.
Heated with liquor; agitated; confused.
FLUS'TRA, n.
A genus of polyparia.
FLUTE, n. [Fr. flûte; Arm. fleut; D. fluit; G. flöte; Dan. flöjte; Sp. flauta; Port. frauta; It. flauto; L. flo, flatus, to blow, or L. fluta, a lamprey, with the same number of holes.]
- A small wind instrument; a pipe with lateral holes or stops, played by blowing with the mouth, and by stopping and opening the holes with the fingers.
- A channel in a column or pillar; a perpendicular furrow or cavity, cut along the shaft of a column or pilaster; so called from its resemblance to a flute. It is used chiefly in the Ionic order; sometimes in the Composite and Corinthian; rarely in the Doric and Tuscan. It is called also a reed. Encyc.
- A long vessel or boat, with flat ribs or floor timbers, round behind, and swelled in the middle; a different orthography of float, flota. Encyc. Armed in flute. An armed ship, with her guns of the lower tier and part of those of the upper tier removed, used as a transport, is said to be armed in flute. Lunier.
FLUTE, v.i.
To play on a flute. Chaucer.