Flot"er*y (?), a. Wavy; flowing. [Obs.]

With flotery beard.

Chaucer.

Flo*til"la (?), n. [Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet; akin to F.

flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L. fluctus, but prob.

influenced by words akin to E. float. See Fluctuate, and cf. Float, n.]

A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

{ Flot"sam (?), Flot"son (?) }, n. [F. flotter to float. See FFlotilla,

and cf. Jetsam.] (Law) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the

sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone.

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