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In a flowing manner.

Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [R.] W. Nichols.

See 1st Fluke.

p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.

Flowing. Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning.

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.

A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell- shaped flowers.

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

See Cauliflower.

Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

To flow across, or in a contrary direction. "His crossflowing course." Milton.

A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos- cuculi.

A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos- cuculi).

A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.

To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Same as Deflour. An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu. If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton.

See Deflourer. Milton.