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Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

-- called also Italian iron, or gaufering iron. Knight. -- Fluting lathe, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on balusters, table legs, etc.

The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. Spectator. God's deser…

The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

hion. God formed man of the dust of the ground. Gen. ii. 7. The thought that labors in my forming brain. Rowe.

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping. Beattie.

Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.

A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation. The prevalent fructification of plants. Sir T. Brown.

artment in China comprising several hsein; also, the chief city of a department; -- often forming the last part of a name; as, Paoting-fu.

tuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.

A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.

, H2C2N2O2, isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free state, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc. -- Fulminic acid is made by the action of…

so called. Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, explosive subatance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and obtained from the fulnunates. It is isomeric with cyanuric acid, and hence is also called isocyanuric acid.

-- Fuming liquor of Libsvius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called butter of tin. -- Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same as Disulphuric acid, uder Disulphuric.

Performing like a ropedancer. Chambers.

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. "In the function of his public calling." Swift.