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A kind of cloth. Johnson. Florence flask. See under Flask. -- Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence.

A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the [Eng.]

A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

ing to move away from a center, rather than remain in a compact group; -- used of hair or clothing or of small particles of matter. Light objects or particles readily taking a static electric charge may be moved apart by acquisition of a charge, or by approach of a charged object. Such a property is called flyaway. S…

p or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.

To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

able of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

plike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water. My face is foul with weeping. Job. xvi. 16.…

A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.

To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.

Window. -- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. -- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear. -- French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. -- Fr…

ub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. With many a curve my banks I fret. Tennyson.

A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. "Robes of frieze." Goldsmith.

One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [Obs.] Bacon.

Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

women and children; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

Clothed in a frock.

; untidy; frouzy. "With head all frowzy." Spenser. The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. W. D. Howells.