Flow"er*less, a. Having no flowers.
Flowerless plants, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no
seeds; cryptogamous plants.
Flow"er*less*ness, n. State of being without flowers.
Flow"er*pot` (?), n. A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in
which plants are grown.
Flow"er*y (?), a. 1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.
2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery
style. Milton.
The flowery kingdom, China.
Flow"er*y-kir`tled (?), a. Dressed with garlands of flowers. [Poetic &
Rare] Milton.
Flow"ing, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb);
gliding along smoothly; copious.
Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the
flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight. --
Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as
through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. -- Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet
when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the
beam. Totten.
Flow"ing (?), a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t.
Flow"ing*ly, adv. In a flowing manner.
Flow"ing*ness, n. Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [R.] W.
Nichols.
Flowk (? or ?), n. (Zoˆl.) See 1st Fluke.
Flown (?), p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be;
as, the birds are flown.
Flown, a. Flushed, inflated. [Supposed by some to be a mistake for
blown or swoln.] Pope.
Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and
wine.
Milton.
Floxed" silk` (?). See Floss silk, under Floss.