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Show B In the Imperial chamber the pro@ors have hal a Aorin taxed and allowed them for every fubftanAyliffe tial recefs French. Fro'rist. n fi [ fewrife cultivater of flowers Some botanifts or foriffs at the leaft. Dunciad And while they brea On the charm'd eye, th?' exulting Aori# mark Thom With fecret pride the wonders ot his hand FLo'RULENT. adj. [ floris, Latin.] Flowery bloffoming [ Aofeudus adj Latin. Fro'scurous Compofed of flowers ; having the natur or form of flowers The outward part is a thick and carnous covering and the fecond a dry and fofcwlons coat Brown ToFroTE [See To fleet.] To fkim w.a z. /. [from fate. uler Goods tha {wim without an owner on the fea ¥ro'rTen pars. [from fote. Skimmed Skinner 70 FLOUNCE. «. 2. [plnfer, Dutch, t plunge. 1. To move with violence in the wate or mire; to ftruggle or dafh in the water With his broad fins and forky tail he lave The rifing furge, and Aounces in the waves Addifon's Ovid 2. To move with weight and tumult When I'm: duller tha a pott Shakefp fhould'i be king He was the patron of my manhood, when I florin th opinio wit thoug world of th fmall advantage to my fortune Dryden Bad men as frequently profper and fowrifh, an that by the means of their wickednefs to fpeak wit ufe florid language 3. T Ne/fon Pope 5. To boaft; to brag To play fome prelud 6. [In mufick. without any fettled rule 70 FLo'urisH., @. a t. To adorn with vegetable beauty With (hadowy verdure fouri/b'd high Pope Frounce. # /. [from the verb.] An thing fewed to the garment, and hangin loofe Nay {fo a t {well and fhake oft in dreams inventio be but like bottom which, with a goo To change a flounce, or add a furbelow A muflin_ffounce agreeable Fro'unper Scottifh. Pope made very full, would be ver Pope a f [ fynder, Daniths fuke The name of a {mall flat fith Like the flounder, out of the frying-pan into th fire Camd Flounders will both thrive and breed in any pond Mortimer 7o FLo'uNpER . [from founce. 'T ftruggle with violent and irregular motions: as a horfe in the mire Down goes at once the horfeman and the horfe That courfer ftumbles on the fallen fteed And floundring throws the rider o'er his head Dryden The more inform'd, the lefs he underftood And deeper funk by found'ring in the mud Dryden He plung'd for fenfe, but found no bottom there Then writ and founder'd on in mere defpair Pope V 7 7. FLOURISH [ foreo Latin. 1, To be in vigour; not to fade florefco The righteous fhall fourifb like the palm}-}tree. 1 Where'er you tread, the bluthing flow'rs fhafll )x(‘iclie And all things fowri/b where you turn your eyes 2. To be in a profperous ftate If T could find exampl Of thoufands, that bad ftruck anointed kings Bacon's War with Spain And all the powers of hell in full applauf Flouri/b'd their fnakes, and tofs'd their flamin Crafbaw brands Againft the poft their wicker fhields they crufh Flowrifh the fword, and at the plaftron pufh Dryden's Fuv 5. To adorn with embellithments of lan Pope t grac wit eloquenc often tatioufly diffufive The labours of Hercules, though Aourifbed wit much fabulous matter; yet notably fet forth th confent of all nations and ages in the approbation o the extirpating and debellating giants, moniters an Bacon. tyrants As they arelikely to over-fouri/b their own cafe fo their flattery is hardeft to be difcovered 6. To adorn; to embellith T bring you thus together Col/ier to grace *tis no fin Sith that the juftice of your title to hi Shakefpeare Doth fourifb the deceit Fro'urisu 7./. [from the verb. 1. Bravery beauty ambitiou {plendour I call'd thee then vain Aouri/b of my fortune I call'd thee then poor thadow, painted queen Shakef The prefentation of but what I was The Aouri/b of his fober youth Crafbaw Was the pride of naked truth 2. A oftentatiou embellifhment; ambi tious copioufnefs; far-fetched elegance This is a fouri/b : there follow excellent parables Bacon We can excufe the duty of our knowledge, if w only beftow the fowrifb of poetry thereon, or thof commendatory conceits which populaily fet fort the eminence of this creature Brown The apprehenfion is fo deeply riveted into m mind, that fuch rhetorical fowrifbes cannot at al loofen or brufh it out More. Villanies have not the fame countenance, whe there are great interefts, plaufible colours, and foxrifbes of wit and rhetorick interpofed between th fight and the object L' Eftrange curioudl o wer o Boyle intende nature onl for ludicrou like the fowrifbe letter that fignify nothing light the eye orpa ahou grea but are made only to deMore againft Atheifm Fro'urisuer. » /0 [from fmrih. that is in prime or 1n profperity COn They count him of the green-hair'd eld, they may or in his flow'r For notour greateft flowrij/ber can equal him in pow'r Chapman 7o FLOU'T . a. [ fuyten, Dutch; flonave Frifick. To mock to infult; to trea with mockery and contempt You mutt four my infufficiency Shakefpeare The Norweyan banners fows the fky And fan our people cold. Shakefpeare's Macbeth He mock'd us when he begg'd our voices Certainly he flouzed us downright Shakefp She railed at her 2. To adorn with figures of needle work guage we beftow ments Fenton 3. To work with a needle into figures line curioufly printed The Impetuous fprea The ftream, and fmoaking, fouri/b'd o'er his head 4. 'To move any thing in quick circles o vibrations by way of fhow or triumph coat of luteftring bibl long upo 4. 'To defcribe various figures by interfe@ing lines; to play in wanton an irregular motions b D;‘y.'/ A child with delight looks upon emblems finel drawn and painted, and takes fome pleafure i beholding the neat chatatters and Aowrifbes of Whilft Cicero a&ts the part of a rhetorician, h dilates and flourifbes, and gives example initea Batker of rule dilate fometimes, and fowri/ 3. Figures forme wantonly drawn ambitious copioufnefs and elegance The and fourif Studious to pleafe the genius of the times . With periods, points, and tropes he flurs his crimes He lards with fourifbes his long harangu *Tis fine, fay'ft thou; what, to be prais'd and hang Shakefpeare rifbe ornamen South's Sermons Doth comfort thee in fleep; live thou and fourifb She was founced and furbelowed from head t They have got into the fathion of founcing th petticoat fo very deep, that it looks like an entir Let villany itfelf forfwear't Harry, "that prophefied tho fo much_repeate of their former fpeeches wascommonly the truef word they {poke, though leaft believed by them bears not one Swift foot; every ribbon was crinkled, and every part o her garments in curl Addifon nor ftone, nor parchment needle, perhaps may be fourifbed into large works 70 FLouNCE. v, a. To deck with flounces Nor brafs All that I fhall fay wil of thread clofe wound up Nor can the plaineft word pronounce You neither fume, nor fret, nor founce Prior 3. To move with paflionate agitation Th And Aouri/b'd after, 1'd not do't: but finc A fudden youth the groves enjoy Six flouncing Flanders mare Are e'en as good as any two of theirs F'L little incidents, asd they fkip over and but lightl Watt's Log touch the drier pait of their theme Such cheefes, good Cifley, ye Aoted too n(i]g‘h Fro'rson FL 7 that fhe fhould be fo immodei to write to one fhe knew would floxs her Shak Phillida_flcuts me Walton's Angler Frour t w. z behav 'To pra&tif mockery with contempt; to fneer Though n-ture hath given us wit to_foxt at fortune, hath not fortune fent in this fool to cut of this argument Shatkefpeare With talents well endu' To be fcurrilous and rude When you pertly raife your fnout Fleer and gibe, and laugh and fowt Swift FrouT. . /. [from the verb. A mock an infult; a word or aét of contempt H woul other's table afk of thof Tell truly tha ha bee at th was there never a flont o dry blow given Bacor She opened it, and read it out With many a finile and leering flout Hudibras Their doors are barr'd againft a bitter Honz Snadl, if you pleafe; but you fhall fnarl without Dryden How many flouts and jeers muft T expofe myfel to by this repentance? How fhall I anfiver fuc an old acquaintance when he invites me to an intemperate cup Fro'vreR C'a/xzm_y": Sermons. z f, [from four. On wh jeers 70 FLOW. «. z. [rlopan, Saxon. 1. To ran or fpread as water The god am I, whofe yellow water fotw Around thefe fields, and fattens as it goes Dryder Fields of light and liquid ether fow Purg'd from the pond'rous dregs ot earth below Dryden. S?{'{;'}‘ Endlefs tears flow down in ftreams 2. To run: oppofed to ftanding waters With-ofier floats the ftanding water ftrow Of mafly ftones make bridges, if it fow 3. Torife Drydest not to ebb This river hath thrice fow'd, no ebb between Shakefpeare 4. To melt O that thou wouldft rent the heavens mountains might foww down at thy prefence 5. To proceed to iffue that th If. Isiv. 1'1l ufe that tongue I have : if wit Aoz from't I fhall do good The knowledg draw Shakefp. Winter's Tale from experience is quit of another kind from that which ffows from fjecu latio or difcourfe 3G Sonth 6. T |