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The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.

A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.

A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous]Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side. -- Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8…

State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general. Tennyson.

Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle. Fluting iron, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called also Italian iron, or gaufering iron. Knight. -- Fluting lathe, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on bal…

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay.

Collectively, the people of France.

The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.

Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton.

Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.

Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. "Lay the future open." Shak.

Gallant persons, collectively. [R.] Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy. Shak.

A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

ion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. -- Gearing chain, an endless chain transm…

A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively.

Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. [Obs.] I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee. 2 Sam. xvii. ll.

A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.