Part 4403

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Flop</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flop</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of flopping.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>W. H. Russell.</i>

<h1>Floppy</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flop"py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Having a tendency to flop or flap; <as>as, a <ex>floppy</ex> hat brim</as>.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Flopwing</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flop"wing`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lapwing.</def>

<h1>Flora</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., the goddess of flowers, from <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>The goddess of flowers and spring.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.</def>

<h1>Floral</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Floralis</ets> belonging to <ets>Flora</ets>: cf. F. <ets>floral</ets>. See <er>Flora</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; <as>as, <ex>floral</ex> games, wreaths</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Containing, or belonging to, a flower; <as>as, a <ex>floral</ex> bud; a <ex>floral</ex> leaf; <ex>floral</ex> characters.</as></def>

<i>Martyn.</i>

<cs><col>Floral envelope</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.</cd></cs>

<h1>Florally</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ral*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a floral manner.</def>

<h1>Floramour</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ra*mour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>amor</ets>love.]</ety> <def>The plant love-lies-bleeding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Floran</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ran</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine.</def>

<i>Pryce.</i>

<h1>Flor\'82al</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo`r\'82al"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>flor\'82al</ets>, fr. L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower.]</ety> <def>The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See <er>Vend\'82miare</er>.</def>

<h1>Floren</h1> <Xpage=572>