Part 4412

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<hw>Flow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>imp. sing.</tt> of <er>Fly</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></def>

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<hw>Flow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>FFlowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>fl\'d3wan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vloeijen</ets>, OHG. <ets>flawen</ets> to wash, Icel. <ets>fl\'d3a</ets> to deluge, Gr. <?/ to float, sail, and prob. ultimately to E. <ets>float</ets>, <ets>fleet</ets>. \'fb80. Cf. <er>Flood</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; <as>as, rivers <ex>flow</ex> from springs and lakes; tears <ex>flow</ex> from the eyes.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become liquid; to melt.</def>

<blockquote>The mountains <b>flowed</b> down at thy presence. <i>Is. lxiv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To pproceed; to issue forth; <as>as, wealth <ex>flows</ex> from industry and economy</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Those thousand decencies that daily <b>flow</b> From all her words and actions. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; <as>as, a <ex>flowing</ex> period; <ex>flowing</ex> numbers</as>; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.</def>

<blockquote>Virgil is sweet and <b>flowing</b>in his hexameters. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.</def>

<blockquote>In that day . . . the hills shall <b>flow</b> with milk. <i>Joel iii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the <b>flowing</b> bowl. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To hang loose and waving; <as>as, a <ex>flowing</ex> mantle; <ex>flowing</ex> locks.</as></def>

<blockquote>The imperial purple <b>flowing</b> in his train. <i>A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to <i>ebb</i>; <as>as, the tide <ex>flows</ex> twice in twenty-four hours</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The river hath thrice <b>flowed</b>, no ebb between. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.</def>

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<hw>Flow</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover with varnish.</def>

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<hw>Flow</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stream of water or other fluid; a current; <as>as, a <ex>flow</ex> of water; a <ex>flow</ex> of blood.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A continuous movement of something abundant; <as>as, a <ex>flow</ex> of words</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.</def>

<blockquote>The feast of reason and the <b>flow</b> of soul. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See <cref>Ebb and flow</cref>, under <er>Ebb</er>.</def>