fioreated 
floreated, floriated (flo're-, flo'ri-a-ted), . [< 
L. flnrciin, of flowers, + E. -/ ' + -rf-.] Deco- 
rated with floral ornament -that is, with more 
or less conventionalized flowers, or with whol- 
ly artificial designs which resemble flowers in 
well general outlines and the minuteness of 
their subdivisions. 
The columns at I'clinc . . . stand n>\\ behind row, al- 
most like the columns of a en pt, ami they supply a profita- 
ble stmly In their flufialnl capitals. 
K. A. Frei'iittin, \'enice, p. 31. 
floreet, [Also written florie, florey, florry, 
flori/, florre//, and flurry ; < OF. floree, the blue 
scum of dyewood ; the same as fleuree, froth, 
or scum, (.fleur, earlier flor, flower : see flower.'] 
The blue scum of dyewood, used in painting. 
The rrfnse, called scoria, which flieth out of the fur- 
nace; the. iliiri'ii that Moteth aloft [ties supernatat]; and the 
diphry:.;es or dmsse which remaineth behind. 
Ilollaml, tr. of Pliny, xxxiv. 18. 
florent, floreint, . Obsolete spellings of florin. 
florence (ttor'ens), it. [ME. florence, equiv. to 
florni, florin, ii coin: see florin. Theotheruses 
(cf. l'\ florence, sarcenet, and E. florentine, ., 
2) are later; all refer ult. to Florence in Italy.] 
If. An English gold coin, usually called florin. 
The first gold that Kins Edward III. coyned was in the 
year 1343, and the peeces were called florences, because 
Florentines were the coyners. Camden, Remains. 
2t. A kind of cloth manufactured in Florence, 
mentioned in the time of Eichard III. Planche; 
Fairholt. Also called florentine. 3. A thin 
silk, a variety of taffeta. Diet, of Needlework. 
4. [cap.'] A variety of the red wine of Tus- 
cany : a name not commonly used in Italy. 
Florence flask, oil, etc. See the nouns. 
florentt, a. [< L. floren(t-)s, ppr. of florerc, 
bloom, flower, flourish : see flower, v., flourish.] 
Flourishing. Davies. 
Sinopa . . . was a florent citee, and of greate power. 
Udatt, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 77. 
Florentine (flor'en-tin or -tin), a. and n. [< L. 
Florentinus, pertaining to Florentia (> It. Fio- 
renze, now Firenze), Florence, <. floren(t-)s, ppr. 
of florere, bloom, flower: see florent.'] I. a. 
Of or pertaining to Florence, the chief city of 
Tuscany, in Italy. -Florentine experiment, an ex- 
pertinent showing that water will not rise by suction high- 
er than 34 feet, nor mercury more than 30 inches. The 
former experiment was brought by Florentine workmen 
to the attention of Galileo, who, remarking that Nature 
appeared to carry her horror of a vacuum to no greater 
length than 33 feet, committed to his pupil Torricelli the 
investigation of the phenomenon. The latter physicist 
then constructed the barometer, or Torricellian tube. 
Florentine fresco, a variety of fresco-painting in which 
the ground, covered with a preparation of lime, is kept 
moist during the process. It was first practised at B'lor- 
ence, during the flourishing period of Italian art. Floren- 
tine lily. See giglio. Florentine mosaic, a kind of 
mosaic made with precious and semi-precious stones inlaid 
in a surface of white or black marble or similar material, 
and generally displaying elaborate flower-patterns and the 
like. It is most commonly of a uniform flat surface, but 
sometimes parts of the design are in somewhat high relief, 
as small rounded fruits in a decorative frieze which project 
for half of their diameter. This art is usually applied to ta- 
ble-tops and smaller articles, but altars and other church 
fittings are also ornamented in it, and a few interiors have 
been wholly or iu large part lined in this style. Floren- 
tine problem, the problem of finding the plane area of 
a curved dome, making allowance for the windows. This 
problem was proposed by Vincenzo Viviani in 1692, and 
was treated by Leibnitz, Jacques Bernoulli, and other emi- 
nent mathematicians. Florentine receiver, an attach- 
ment for a still used in separating oils from water. It re- 
sembles in shape a Florence flask. 
II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Flor- 
ence. 2. II. c.] (a) A silk textile fabric, of 
solid and durable make, used for wearing-ap- 
parel. (6t) Same as florence, 2. 3f. [I. c.] A 
kind of pie having no crust beneath the meat. 
Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines. 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, v. 1. 
Ye may gang down yoursell, and look into our kitchen, 
. . . the gude vivers lying a' about beef, capons and 
white broth florentine and flams. 
Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, xi. 
When any kind of butcher meat, fowls, apples, &c., are 
baken in a dish, it is called a florentine, and when in a 
raised crust, a pie. Receipts in Cookery. (Jamieson.) 
flores (flo'rez), n. pi. [< L. flos, pi. flares, flow- 
er.] In the commercial classification of indigo, 
the best quality of dye. Simmoncls. 
florescence (flo-res'ens), n. [< florescen(t) + 
-ce.] In hot., a bursting into flower; the state 
of being in bloom ; inflorescence ; anthesis. 
No composite flowers have before been found in the fos- 
sil state, and, as these [Comporitce] are among the most 
complex and specialised forms of florescence, it has been 
supposed that they belonged only to the recent epoch, 
where they were the result of a long series of formative 
Daman, Geol. Ilist. of Plants, p. 208. 
florescent (flo-res'ent), a. [< L. florescen(t-)s, 
ppr. of florescere, begin to bloom or flower, in- 
227H 
ceptive of florere, bloom, blossom, flower: see 
fliiri'iil. /liiiirinh.] Bursting into flower; flowi-r- 
ing. 
floreschet, <' An obsolete form (A flourish. 
floret (tto'ret), H. [1. < F. flciiirtt,-'= It, Jinrrt- 
to, < ML. florettus, a floweret, dim. of L. Jinx 
(flur-), a flower: sec Jloirrr, Jloirrrct. '2. = D. 
fleurct = Gr. Sw. florett = Dan. floret, a foil, < 
OF. floret, flcuret, F. flcuret = Sp. Pg. florete = 
It. fioretto, a foil, a particular use of the pre- 
ceding. 3. < OV.fleuret, F. flcuret, m., OF. also 
fleurette, flourvttc, f., = It. fioretto, < ML. flore- 
tus, floss-silk, dim. of L. flos (flor-), flower; of 
same formation as the preceding. Cf.fei'refi.] 
1. A small flower in a cluster or in a compact 
inflorescence, as in the so-called compound 
flower of the Composites, or in the spikelet of 
grasses. 2. A fencing-sword with a button on 
the point ; a foil. 
In such fencing jest has proved earnest, and florets have 
oft turned to swords. Government of the Tongue, p. 126.' 
3. In silk-manuf., a yarn or floss spun from 
the first and purest of the waste, and of higher 
quality than the noil yarn. 
floret-silkt (flo'ret-silk), n. [Formerly also 
flurt-silk; < floret, 3, + silk. Cf. ferret^.] Same 
as floret, 3. 
floretta (flo-ret'a), n. [See floret-silk and fer- 
ret%.] Floss-silk. Simmonds. 
floretty (flo'ret-i), a. [< OF. fleurette, fleuretty, 
F. fleurete, < fleurette, a, little flower : see floret, 
and cf. fleury, flory.'] In her., same as fleury. 
floriage (flo'ri-aj), n. [< L. flos (flor-), flower, 
+ E. -i-age, in imitation of foliage.] Bloom; 
blossom. [Rare.] 
And where the trees unfold their bloom, 
And where the banks their floriage bear. 
/. Scott, Odes, xx. 
floriated, a. See floreated. 
florican, ". Seefiorikan. 
floricome (flo'ri-kom), n. [< LL. floricomus, 
crowned with flowers, < L. flos (flor-), flower, + 
coma, hair of the head. ] In sponges, a hexaster 
whose rays end in a bunch of curved branches. 
floricomous (flo-rik'o-mus), a. [< floricome + 
-oun.] Having the character of a floricome. 
floricultural (flo-ri-kul'tur-al), a. Relating to 
floriculture. 
floriculture (flo'ri-kul-tur), n. [< L. flos (flor-), 
flower, + cultura, cultivation.] The cultiva- 
tion of flowers or of flowering plants. London. 
floriculturist (flo-ri-kul'tur-ist), n. [< floricul- 
ture + -ist.] One who is employed or expert in 
the cultivation of flowering plants. 
florid (flor'id), a. [= Sp. Pg. It.florido, < Tu.flo- 
ridits, abounding with flowers, flowery, bloom- 
ing, <flos (flor-), flower: seeflower.] 1. Cover- 
ed or abounding with flowers ; flowery ; bloom- 
ing. [Now rare.] 
The death of the righteous is like the descending of ripe 
and wholesome fruits from a pleasant and florid tree. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 254. 
In florid beauty groves and fields appear. 
Goldsmith, Traveller, 1. 125. 
2. Bright in color; specifically, flushed with 
red; of a lively red color: as, & florid counte- 
nance; a, florid cheek. 
The spumous &n& florid state which the bloud acquires 
In passing through the lungs. Arbuthnot, Aliments, ii. 
Her face was enlivened with such a florid bloom as did 
not so properly seem the mark of health as of immortal- 
ity. Addison, Vision of Justice. 
3. Flowery in appearance or effect ; highly em- 
bellished or decorated ; loaded with ornamenta- 
tion: as, florid architecture ; florid music. 
The duty of a golden coin is to be as florid as it can, 
rich with Corinthian ornaments, and as gorgeous as a pea- 
cock's tail. De Quincey, Rhetoric. 
4. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; en- 
riched with lively figures ; highly ornate ; over- 
wrought in expression : as, a, florid style ; florid 
eloquence. 
Convincing eloquence is infinitely more serviceable to 
its possessor than the most florid harangue. 
Goldsmitli, The Bee, No. 6. 
His style was not always in the purest taste. Several 
contemporary judges pronounced it too florid. 
Macaulay, William Pitt. 
This forms what is called a florid style : a term com- 
monly used to signify the* excess of ornament. 
H. Blair, Rhetoric, xviii. 
Florid counterpoint. See counterpoints, 3. Florid 
execution, in music, execution abounding in elaborate 
embellishment or with ostentatious dexterity. Florid 
music, music in which a simple theme is varied, orna- 
mented, and embellished in a high degree. Variations are 
most frequently of this kind. Florid style of medie- 
val architecture, the highly enriched and decorated de- 
velopments, collectively, of medieval architecture which 
prevailed generally in the fifteenth century and later. The 
most marked English variety is often called the Tudor 
florin 
slyle, as it prevailed chiefly during the- Tudor era. -Syn. 
4. l-'/i" ''(/, I'lon; ,,!_ J''i<,i-,'<t is perhaps the str-inyer. ami 
expresses tliat tt hirll is mure seriously ulll 
inure iritiiuiiteh eunnccted with the th-uiybt itself. 
The_rf.i/-/</ and liiMirluiiH charm* of his ( 1'ctrarch'sl style 
d the poets ami the public from the contemplation 
of nobler and sterner models. M,i,;iu/,: !ti Dante. 
Merely to beguile, 
liy flowing numbers ami tflovfry style, 
The tedium that the la/y rich endure. 
Cowper, Table-Talk, 1. 741. 
Florida bark, cooter, crow, etc. See the 
nouns. 
Florida wood (flor'i-dii wild). A hard wood 
obtained from a species of dogwood, having 
close grain, and much used for inlaying-work 
by cabinet-makers. 
Florideae (flo-rid'e-e), n.pl. [NL., < 'L.floridus, 
flowery: see florid.'] An order of (chiefly) ma- 
rine algffi of a red or purple color. Their non-sex- 
ual propagation is by bodies called tetrasporeit, and the 
fruit or cystocarp is the product of the action of anthero- 
zoids upon a slender organ called the trichogyne. The 
latter transmits the fertilizing influence to its basal cell 
(trichojihore), from which or from adjacent cells the cys- 
tocarp is developed. They are the same as the Khodo- 
spermecE of Harvey. 
florideous (flo-rid'e-us), a. [< Floridece + -ous.~\ 
Belonging to the order Floridete, or having the 
characters of that group. 
floridia-green (flo-rid'i-a-gren), . The chloro- 
phyl of the Floridea:, which is masked by the 
red coloring matter, but wh ich may be dissolved 
out by alcohol. 
Floridian (flo-rid'i-an), a. and . I. a. Of or 
pertaining to Florida, a peninsula separating 
the gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic ocean, 
and forming a State of the United States. 
Along the coast from Labrador to the Floridian penin- 
sula. Ainer. Anthropoloyiat , I. 342. 
II. )(. A native or an inhabitant of Florida. 
So it seems St. Augustine [Florida], . . . did she but ad- 
mit it, were fain to consider him a Floridian. 
E. S. Phelps, Sealed Orders, p. 267. 
floridia-red (flo-rid'i-a-red), n. The red color- 
ing matter of the Floridece; phycoerythrin. 
floridity (flo-rid'i-ti), . [< florid + -ity.] The 
state or character of being florid, in any sense; 
floridness. 
Poor Dick had a fit of sickness, which robbed him of his 
fat and his fame at once ; and it was full three months be- 
fore he regained his reputation, which rose in proportion 
to his flondity. Steele, Guardian, No. 42. 
To-morrow I review my piece, 
Tame here and there undue floridity. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 116. 
floridly (flor'id-li), adv. In a florid manner, 
floridness (flor'id-nes), n. The state or char- 
acter of being florid, in any sense ; floridity. 
Another infallible indication is the nature and florid- 
ness of the plants which it officiously produces. 
Ei-elyn, Terra. 
Some of the antient Grecians much extol it [dancingl, 
deriving it not only from the amosnityand/ioridneSK of the 
warm and spirited bloud, but deducing it from heaven it- 
self as being practized there by the stars. 
Feltham, Resolves, 1. 70. 
A philosopher need not delight readers with his florid- 
ness. Boyle. 
floriferous (flo-rif'e-rus), a. [= F. florij'ere = 
Sp. florifero = Pg."lt. florifero, < L. florifer, < 
flos (flor-), flower, -I- ferrv = E. bear 1 .'] Pro- 
ducing flowers. 
floriflcation (fl6*ri-fi-ka'shon), n. [< L. flos 
(flor-), a flower, + -ficatio(n-), < -flcare, make: 
see -//.] The act, process, or state of flowering ; 
expansion of flowers. Also, improperly, flossi- 
flcation. 
floriform (flo'ri-form), a. [= F. floriforme, < 
L. flos (flor-), flower, + forma, shape.] In the 
form of a flower. 
florikan, floriken (flo'ri-kan, -ken), ii. [Also 
written florikin, florican.~\ A species of Indian 
bustard, the Si/pheotides bengalensis. 
florilege (flo'ri-lej), H. [= F. florilege = Sp. 
Pg. It. florilegio, < L. as if *florilegium, < L. flo- 
rilegws, flower-culling (of bees), < flos (flor-), 
flower, + legere, cull, gather. Cf. anthology 1 .] 
1. The culling of flowers. 2. An anthology. 
[Rare in both senses.] 
florileglum (flo-ri-le'ji-um), n. ; pi. florilegia 
(-&). Same as florilege, 2. 
His "Book of Flowers," . . . which may have been a 
poetical florUegiitm. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 850. 
We have made butasmally&orn'ewum from Mr. Hazlitt's 
remarkable volumes. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 373. 
florin (flor'in), n. [< ME. florin, floren, floryn, 
florein, etc. (sometimes florence, q. v.), < OF. 
florin, F. florin = Pr. Sp. florin = Pg. florim, < 
It. fiorino (ML. florenus), a name first applied 
to a coin of Florence (first struck in the 12th 
century), because it was stamped with a lily, < 
