Part 4423

<hw>Flu"or*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called <altname>fluor spar</altname>, or simply <altname>fluor</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fluoroid</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flu"or*oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fluor</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A tetrahexahedron; -- so called because it is a common form of fluorite.</def>

<h1>Fluoroscope</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flu*or"o*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fluor</ets>escence + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phys.)</fld> <def>An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.</def>

<h1>Fluorous</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flu"or*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to fluor.</def>

<h1>Fluor spar</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flu"or spar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fluorite</er>.</def>

<h1>Fluosilicate</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flu`o*sil"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fluosilicate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of <i>fluosilicic acid</i>; -- called also <altname>silicofluoride</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fluosilicic</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flu`o*si*lic"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fluo-</ets> + <ets>silicic</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fluosilicique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine.</def>

<cs><col>Fluosilicic acid</col>, <cd>a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon, <chform>H2F6Si</chform>, obtained in solution in water as a sour fuming liquid, and regarded as the type of the fluosilicates; -- called also <altname>silicofluoric acid</altname>, and <altname>hydrofluosilicic acid</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flurried</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flur"ried</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Agitated; excited.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Flur"ried*ly</wf> <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Flurry</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flur"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Flurries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>flur</ets> to ruffle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; <as>as, a <ex>flurry</ex> of wind</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.</def>

<blockquote>Like a <b>flurry</b> of snow on the whistling wind. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.</def>

<blockquote>The racket and <b>flurry</b> of London. <i>Blakw. Mag.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The violent spasms of a dying whale.</def>

<h1>Flurry</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flur"ry</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flurried</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flurrying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.</def>

<i>H. Swinburne.</i>

<h1>Flurt</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flurt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flirt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>