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Show B 6. T glide {fmoothly without afperity as, a flowing period Thi difcourf of Cyprian an th flower o rhetorick in it, fhew him to have been of a great wi and flowing eloquence Hakewill on Providence 7. To writ {fmoothly to fpeak volubly Virgil is fweet and fowing in his hexameters Dryder Did fweeter founds adorn thy fowwing tongu Prior Than ever man pronounc'd, or angels fung 8. To abound ; to be crowded The dry ftreets fow'd with men 9. To be copious Chapman to be full Then fhall our names Be in their fowing cups frefhly remember'd Shak. Hen. V There every eye with {lumb'rous chains fhe bound And dafh'd the flowing goblet to the ground Pope's 0dy/fey 10. To hang loofe and waving He was cloathed in a fowin {ilk, interwoven with-flowers o FrLow. w. a Waterin hav mantle of gree Speétator To overflow to deluge hops is fcarce praicable unlefs yo a fiream at hand to_flow the ground Mortimer's Hufbandry Frow 7. /. [from the verb. 1. The rife of water not the ebb. Some, from the diurnal and annual motion of th earth, endeavour to folve the fows and motions o thefe feas, illuftrating the fame by water in a bowl that rifes or falls according to the motion of th veflel Brown's Vulgar Errours The ebb of tides, and their myfterious fow We as arts elements fhall underftand Dryden 2. ‘A {udden plenty or abundance The noble power of fuffering bravely is as fa above that of enterprifing greatly, as an unblemifhe confcience and inflexible refolution are above a accidental foww of fpirits, or a fudden tide of blood 3. firea o diGion Pope. volubilit o tongue "Teaching is not a fow of words, nor the draining of an hourglafs; but an effe€tual procuring tha 2 man know fomething which he knew not before South or to know it better FLO'WER #. /. [ fleur, French; fos, flores Latin. 1. 'The part of a plant which contains th feeds. Suc petala are reckoned perfet fower a ftamen ape which hav and ftylus; an whateve Sower wants either of thefe is reckoned imperfect Perfe@ flowers are divided into fimple ones, whic are not compofed of other fmaller, and whic ufually have but one fingle ftile; and compounded which confift of many flofculi, all making but on fower Simple flowers are monopetalous, whic have the body of the fower all of one entire leaf though fometimes cut or divided a little way int many feeming petala, or leaves; as in borage, bu glos: or polypetalous, which have diftin& petala and thofe falling off fingly, and not altogether, a the feeming petala of monopetalous fozvers alway do: but thole are further divided into uniform an difform jfowers: the former have their right an left hand parts, and the forward and backward part all alike bu th difform have no fuch regularity as in the fowers of fage and deadnettle. A monopetalous difform fower is likewife further divide into firft, femi-fiftular fembles a pip foftochia 2d whof cut off obliquely labiate an uppe a part re in th this eithe wit arion lip only, as in the acanthum and feordium, or wit two lips, as in the far greater part of the labiat Sowers: and here the upper lip 15 fometimes turne upwards an fo turns the convex part downwards as in the chamaciflus; but moft commonly th upper lip "is convex above, and turns the hollo part down to its fellow below, and reprefents a kin of belmet or monkfhood FrLY FL an from thenc thef are frequently called galleate, cucullatey and galericulate fowers; and in this form are the fowers o the lamium, and moft verticillate plants Some Crop'd are the fluwer de lutes in your arm times the lamium is intire, and fometimes jagge Of England's coat one half is cut away or divided. 3d, Corniculate; that 1s, fuch hollo flowers as have on their upper part a kind of fpur The iris is the fower de luce 7 or little horn, as the linaria, delphinum, &c. an the carniculum, or calcar, is always impervious a tip or point th Compounded fower firft are difcous, or difcoidal; that is, whofe flofculi are fe fo clofe, thick, and even, as to make the furface o the flower plain and flat, which, becaufe of its roun form, will be like a difcus; which difk is fometimes radiated, when there is a row of petala ftanding round in the difk, like the points of a ftar, a in the matricaria, cham@zmelum, &c. and fome times naked having no fuch radiating leaves roun the limb of its difk, as in the tanacetum: 2d planifolious, which is compofed of plain flowers fet together in circular rows round the centre, an whofe face is ufually indented , notched, and jagged 3d, Fiiiar, swhich is compounde as the hieracia of long hollow little Aowers£hie pipes, ali divide Imperfet flowers into large jags at the ends becaufe they want the petal", are calied ttatnineous, apetalous, and capillaceous; and thefe whic han pendulous by fine threads by ‘Tournefort called anientaceous like the juli, ar and we call the .cats-tail. The term campaniformis is ufed for fuc as are in the fhape of a bell, and infundibuliformi Miller for fuch as are in the form ofa funnel Good men's live Expire before the flozcers in their caps Shake/peare's Macbeth Dying or ere they ficken With fow'r inwoven trefles torn The nymphs in twilight thade of tangled thicket Milton moutn Beauteous_ffow'rs why do we fprea Cowley Upon the monuments of the dead Though the fame fun with all-diffufive ray Blufh in the rofe, and in the diamond blaze We praife the ftronger effort of his power Pope And always fet the gem above the ffowver If the bloflom of the plant be of moft importance w call it a flower fuc are daifies an tulips carnations Watts an embellithment 2. An ornament The nomination of perfons to thofe places bein fo prime and infeparable a ffower of hiscrown, h Clarendon would referve to himfeif This difcourfe of Cyprian, and the excellen Howers of rhetorick in it, fhew him:g have bee Hakewill a fweet and powerful orator Pope Truth needs no flow'rs of fpeech 3. The prime Alas the flourithing part Pope 4. 'The edible part of corn; the meal The bread 1 would have in_flower, fo as it migh be baked ftill to ferve their neceflfary want. Spenfer I can make my audit up, that al From me do back receive the foww'r of all Shakefpeare And leave me but the bran The Aowers of grains, mixed with water, wil Arbuthnot on Aliments make a fort of glue But by thy care twelve urns of wine be fill'd Next thefe in worth, and firm thofe urns be feal'd Be twice ten meafures of the choiceft fow Prepar'd, ere yet defcends the evening hour Pope's Odyffey. 5. The moft excellent or valuable par any thing; quinteffence o The choice and flower of all things profitabl the Pfalms do more briefly contain, and more movingly exprefs, by reafon of their poetical form Hooker Thou hait flai Shakefp The flower of Europe for his chivalry The French monarchy is exhaufted of its bravef fubjects the fowe of the nation is confume i Addifon its wars 6. 'That which is moft diftinguifhe any thing valuable fo He is not the flower of courtefy, but, I warran Shakefpeare him, as gentle as a lamb Fro'wer de Luce. 7. / A bulbous iris Miller {pecifies thirty-four fpecies of this plant and among them the Perfian fower de luce i greatly efteemed for the fweetnefs and beauty of it variegated flowers, which are in perjection in Febru ary, or the beginning of March o French 1. Tobe in flower; to be in bloffom; t blcom ; to put forth flowets Soforth they marched in this goodly fovt To take the folace of the open ait And in freth fowering fields thewfelves to fport Fairy Queen . Sacred hilly; whefe head full high Is, a5 it were, for endlefs memor Of that dear Lord, who oft thereon was found For ever with a flow'ring garland crown'd Fairy Queen Then herbs of every leaf, that fudden flower'd Op'ning their various colours Milton lark well the flow'ring almonds in the wood If od'rous blooms the bearing branches load Dryd. Georg To leaflefs (hrabs the How'ring palms fucceed And od'rous myrtle to the noifome weed Whilom Pope to flourith 2. To be in the prime in youth, when fower'd my youthfu . {fpring Like fwallow fwift, I wandered here and there; For heat of heedlefs luft me did fo fting That I of doubted danger had no fear Spenfer This caufe detain'd me all my flow'ring youth Within a loathfome dungeon there to pine Shakefp. Henry V1 3. To froth; to ferment new bottled beer t mantle a Thofe above the water were beft, and that bee did flower a little; whereas that under water di not, though it were frefh Bacon An extreme clarification doth fpread the {pirits f {mooth that they become dull, and the drink dead which ought to have a little Aowvering Bacon's Naiural Iiffory 4. To come as cream from the furface 1f you can accept of thefe few obfervations, whic have flowered off, and are, as it were, the bum ifhing of many ftudious and contemplative years, Milton here give you them to difpofe of T 70 Fro'wer. @. @. [from the noun. adorn with fititious or imitated flowers FLO'WERAGE. #. /. [from flower. 7 f JFro'wereT flower Store o Di# flowers young man, yourdays can ne'er be long In flew'r of age you perith fora fong from the noun. Peacham [fleurir un w FLowERr Shakefp [fewret French. a fmall flower Sometimes her head {he fondly would aguif With gaudy garlands, or freth foww'vets dight F. 2 About her neck, or rings of rufhes plight That fame dew, which fometime on the bud Was wont to fwell, like round and orient pearls Stood now within the pretty flow'ret's eyes Like tears that did their own difgrace bewail Skakefpeare So to the {ylvan lodg They came that like Pomona's arbour {mil'd Milt With flow'rets deck'd, and fragrant fmells Then laughs the childifh year with fow'ret crown'd And lavifhly perfumes the fields around But no fubftantial nourithment receives Dryd Infirm the ftalks, unfolid are the leaves FLO'WERGARDEN 7. / [foaver and gar A garden in which flowers ar den. principally cultivated Obferving that this manure produced flowers i the field, I made m Sowergarden flowers gardener try thofe fhells in m and 1 never faw better carnations o Mortinmer's Hufbandry Fro'weriNEss z /. [from flowery. 1. The ftate of abounding in flowers 2. Floridnefs of fpeech Fro'weriNeBUsH. # /. A plant Full o Fro'wery. adj. [from fower. flowers ; adorne fictitious wit flower rea My mother Circe, with the fyrens three Amidfk the fow'ry kirtled Naiades, o MilrarDay' |