2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by
the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
Floss hole. (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the
slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. Knight.
Flos`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. Florification.] A flowering;
florification. [R.] Craig.
Floss"y (?; 115), a. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss;
hence, light; downy.
||Flo"ta (?), n. [Sp. See Flotilla.] A fleet; especially, a &?;eet of
||Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera
||Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish
||America.
Flo"tage (?), n. [OF. flotage, F. flottage, fr. flotter to float.] 1.
The state of floating.