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A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.…

A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.

A border worked with flowers. Wright.

Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] Blount.

A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore.

Flosculous.

One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk.

A floret.

Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.

A hopper-shaped box or Knight.

The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

A flowering; florification. [R.] Craig.

Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy.

A fleet; especially, a

The state of floating.

Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant.

The act, process, or state of floating.

es contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface, though, perhaps, having a greater specific gravity tha…

A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." Shak.

Wavy; flowing. [Obs.] With flotery beard. Chaucer.