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To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. Bacon.

Floating on the waves. [Obs.] Bacon.

To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] Bacon. To fly a kite (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes. [Cant or Slang]

another part; a plait; a plication. Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.

To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.

mill. Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. Denham.

Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.

re right words! Job. vi. 2 Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon. But I have reasons strong and forcible. Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. )

Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.

To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.

[Obs.] Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. Bacon.

or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.

teel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.] In the greater bodies the forge was easy. Bacon. American forge, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Raymond. -- Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan. -…

To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. [Obs.] Bacon.

Philips. -- Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Bacon. -- Foster land. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. -- Foster lean Etym: [foster + AS. læn a loan See Loan.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the…

; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed. The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. Bacon.

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Bacon.

A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon.

Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon. -- Free"-spo`ken-ness, n.