Part 4414

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come into the finest or fairest condition.</def>

<blockquote>Their lusty and <b>flowering</b> age. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When <b>flowered</b> my youthful spring. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.</def>

<blockquote>That beer did <b>flower</b> a little. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To come off as flowers by sublimation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Observations which have <b>flowered</b> off. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flower</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; <as>as, <ex>flowered</ex> silk</as>.</def>

<h1>Flowerage</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er*age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Flower-de-luce</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er-de-luce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>fleur-de-lis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of perennial herbs (<spn>Iris</spn>) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem.</def>

<note>&hand; There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are <spn>Iris Germanica</spn>, <spn>I. Florentina</spn>, <spn>I. Persica</spn>, <spn>I. sambucina</spn>, and the American <spn>I. versicolor</spn>, <spn>I. prismatica</spn>, etc.</note>

<h1>Flower/er</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er/er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plant which flowers or blossoms.</def>

<blockquote>Many hybrids are profuse and persistent <b>flowerers</b>. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Floweret</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>A small flower; a floret.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Flower-fence</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er-fence`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tropical leguminous bush (<spn>Poinciana, &or; C\'91salpinia, pulcherrima</spn>) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies.</def>

<i>Baird.</i>

<h1>Flowerful</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flow"er*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abounding with flowers.</def>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Flower-gentle</h1> <Xpage=574>