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a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. Knight.

us. In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk. Joel iii. 18. The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl. Prof. Wilson.

which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight. -- Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. -- Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam.…

Flute pipe, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter which imparts vibrations to Knight.

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

olds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. Knight.

(Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera. Knight.

with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks. [Colloq.] In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. Shak.

a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. Knight. -- To follow the hounds, to hunt with dogs. -- To follow suit (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set. -- To follow up, to pursue indefatigably.…

The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. Knight.

To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.

plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. -- Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. -- Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. -- Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See Stern s…

the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.

pe Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight. -- To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock;…

To foretell. [Obs.] Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax.

ines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.

To deprive; -- with of. [R.] All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! Shak.

Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Shak.

Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [Archaic] Lowell. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Piligrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.

To fall out; to happen. It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. Knolles.