3. One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary
jobber. [Cant, U.S.]
Flun"ky*dom (?), n. The place or region of flunkies. C. Kingsley.
Flun"ly*ism (?), n. The quality or characteristics of a flunky;
readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position;
toadyism. Thackeray.
Flu"o- (&?;). (Chem.) A combining form indicating fluorine as an
ingredient; as in fluosilicate, fluobenzene.
Flu`o*bo"rate (?), n. [Cf. F. fluoborate.] (Chem.) A salt of fluoboric
acid; a fluoboride.
Flu`o*bo"ric (?), a. [Fluo- boric: cf. F. fluoborique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron.
Fluoridic acid (Chem.), a double fluoride, consisting essentially of a
solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. It has strong acid
properties, and is the type of the borofluorides. Called also
borofluoric acid.
Flu`o*bo"ride (?), n. (Chem.) See Borofluoride.
{ Flu`o*ce"rine (?), Flu`o*ce"rite (?) }, n. [Fluo- + cerium.] (Min.) A
fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from
Colorado, is probably the same mineral.
Flu`o*hy"dric (?), a. [Fluo- + hydrogen.] (Chem.) See Hydrofluoric.
Flu`o*phos"phate (?), n. [Fluo- + phosphate.] (Chem.) A double salt of
fluoric and phosphoric acids.
||Flu"or (?), n. [L., a flowing, fr. fluere to flow. See Fluent.] 1. A
||fluid state. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.