Part 4418

<h1>Fluence</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fluency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Fluency</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fluentia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fluence</ets>. See <er>Fluent</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.</def>

<blockquote>The art of expressing with <b>fluency</b> and perspicuity. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fluent</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fluens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>fluere</ets> to flow; cf. Gr. <?/ to boil over. Cf. <er>Fluctuate</er>, <er>Flux</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; <as>as, a <ex>fluent</ex> speaker</as>; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; <as>as, <ex>fluent</ex> speech</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With most <b>fluent</b> utterance. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Fluent</b> as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fluent</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A current of water; a stream.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fluente</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the <altname>function</altname> or <altname>integral</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fluently</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fluent manner.</def>

<h1>Fluentness</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"ent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being fluent.</def>

<h1>Fluework</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flue"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from <i>reedwork</i>.</def>

<h1>Fluey</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flue"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[2d <er>Flue</er>.]</ety> <def>Downy; fluffy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fluff</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Fluff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. 2d <er>Flue</er>. <?/ 84.]</ety> <def>Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.</def>

<h1>Fluffy</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Fluff"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fluffier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Fluffiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.</def> "The carpets were <i>fluffy</i>."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<blockquote>The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the <b>fluffiest</b> little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>