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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton.

To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden.

Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.

In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.

The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.

which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure.

Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

A mass ccomposed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture. A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan.

o such a tender ball as the eye confined, . . . And not, as feeling, through all parts diffused Milton.

The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. Ure.

To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

ontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptori;y; positively, plainly. "He flatly refused his aid." Sir P. Sidney. He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and without appetite. Jer. Taylor.

Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.

fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones. -- Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box. -- Flour dredge or dredger, a flour box. -- Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to…

A plant which flowers or blossoms. Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers. Darwin.

To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.

and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.

To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Kirwan.

Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral. Holland. -- Flux"i*ble*ness, n.