Part 4409

<blockquote>To flutter and <b>flounce</b> will do nothing but batter and bruise us. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and <b>flounces</b> in the waves. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flounce</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flounce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.</def>

<h1>Flounce</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flounce</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>flaus</ets>, <ets>flausch</ets>, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to <ets>vliess</ets>, E. <ets>fleece</ets>; or perh. corrupted fr. <ets>rounce</ets>.]</ety> <def>An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.</def>

<h1>Flounce</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flounce</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deck with a flounce or flounces; <as>as, to <ex>flounce</ex> a petticoat or a frock</as>.</def>

<h1>Flounder</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floun"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>flundra</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>flynder</ets>, Icel. <ets>fly<?/ra</ets>, G. <ets>flunder</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>flounder</ets>, v.i.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A flatfish of the family <spn>Pleuronectid\'91</spn>, of many species.</def>

<note>&hand; The common English flounder is <spn>Pleuronectes flesus</spn>. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (<spn>P. glabra</spn>); the rough or winter flounder (<spn>P. Americanus</spn>); the summer flounder, or plaice (<spn>Paralichthys dentatus</spn>), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (<spn>Pleuronectes stellatus</spn>).</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bootmaking)</fld> <def>A tool used in crimping boot fronts.</def>

<h1>Flounder</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floun"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Floundered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Floundering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>flodderen</ets> to flap, splash through mire, E. <ets>flounce</ets>, v.i., and <ets>flounder</ets> the fish.]</ety> <def>To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.</def>

<blockquote>They have <b>floundered</b> on from blunder to blunder. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flounder</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floun"der</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><def>The act of floundering.</def>

<h1>Flour</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fleur de farine</ets> the flower (<it>i.e.</it>, the best) of meal, cf. Sp. <ets>flor de la harina</ets> superfine flour, Icel. <ets>fl\'81r</ets> flower, flour. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety> <def>The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; <as>as, <ex>flour</ex> of emery; <ex>flour</ex> of mustard.</as></def>

<cs><col>Flour bolt</col>, <cd>in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones.</cd> -- <col>Flour box</col> <cd>a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.</cd> -- <col>Flour</col> <col>dredge &or; dredger</col></mcol>, <cd>a flour box.</cd> -- <col>Flour dresser</col>, <cd>a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness.</cd> -- <col>Flour mill</col>, <cd>a mill for grinding and sifting flour.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flour</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flour</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Floured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flouring</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; <as>as, to <ex>flour</ex> wheat</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sprinkle with flour.</def>

<h1>Floured</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Floured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Flourish</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flour"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flourished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flourishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>florisshen</ets>, <ets>flurisshen</ets>, OF. <ets>flurir</ets>, F. <ets>fleurir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>florere</ets> to bloom, fr. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower. See <er>Flower</er>, and <er>-ish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.</def>