Part 4407

<hw>Flos"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Flosculous.</def>

<h1>Floscularian</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flos`cu*la"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>flosculus</ets> a floweret.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk.</def>

<h1>Floscule</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flos*cule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flosculus</ets>, dim. of <ets>flos</ets> flower: cf. F. <ets>floscule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A floret.</def>

<h1>Flosculous</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flos"cu*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.</def>

<h1>Flos-ferri</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flos`-fer"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[L., flower of iron.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore.</def>

<h1>Flosh</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flosh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>fl\'94sse</ets> a trough in which tin ore is washed.]</ety> <fld>(Metallurgy)</fld> <def>A hopper-shaped box or <?/nortar in which ore is placed for the action of the stamps.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Floss</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floss</hw> <tt>(?; 195)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>floscio</ets> flabby, soft, fr. L. <ets>fluxus</ets> flowing, loose, slack. See <er>Flux</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called <altname>silk</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.</def>

<cs><col>Floss silk</col>, <cd>silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also <altname>floxed silk</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Floss thread</col>, <cd>a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also <altname>linen floss</altname>, and <altname>floss yarn</altname>.</cd></cs>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Floss</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floss</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>floss</ets> a float.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small stream of water.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.</def>

<cs><col>Floss hole</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The tap hole of a melting furnace.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Flossification</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flos`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Florification</er>.]</ety> <def>A flowering; florification.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Flossy</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floss"y</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy.</def>

<h1>Flota</h1> <Xpage=573>