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One who deplores.

Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

he loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.

The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.

See Implore. [Obs.]

for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.] Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. Pope.

The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendémiare.

A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

A bursting into flower; a blossoming. Martyn.

Expanding into flowers; blossoming.

A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Gray.

. Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. Trench.