Part 4428

<blockquote> His thoughts are very <b>fluttering</b> and wandering. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flutter</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flut"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To vibrate or move quickly; <as>as, a bird <ex>flutters</ex> its wings</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.</def>

<blockquote> Like an eagle in a dovecote, I <b>Fluttered</b> your Volscians in Corioli. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flutter</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flut"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; <as>as, the <ex>flutter</ex> of a fan</as>.</def>

<blockquote> The chirp and <b>flutter</b> of some single bird <i>Milnes. .</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<cs><col>Flutter wheel</col>, <cd>a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flutterer</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flut"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, flutters.</def>

<h1>Flutteringly</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flut"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fluttering manner.</def>

<h1>Fluty</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flut"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.</def>

<h1>Fluvial</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flu"vi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fluvialis</ets>, from <ets>fluvius</ets> river, fr. <ets>fluere</ets> to flow: cf.F. <ets>fluvial</ets>. See <er>Fluent</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; <as>as, a <ex>fluvial</ex> plant</as>.</def>

<h1>Fluvialist</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flu"vi*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fluviatic</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flu`vi*at"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fluviaticus</ets>. See <er>Fluvial</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fluviatile</h1> <Xpage=576>

<hw>Flu"vi*a*tile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fluviatilis</ets>, fr. <ets>fluvius</ets> river: cf. F. <ets>fluviatile</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; <as>as, <ex>fluviatile</ex> starta, plants</as>.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<h1>Fluvio-marine</h1> <Xpage=576>