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He is the author of a Compendium of Roman Hi (lory, 
from the foundation of the city to the reign of Auguftus. 
The language, though not perfectly pure, is elegant and 
often forcible ; ami the work has been diffidently edeemed 
to have been commonly put into the hands of learners, 
and to have employed the erudition of feveral critical 
authors. The belt editions are the Delpkin, by madame 
Dacier, 4to. 1674; the Variorum, by Dtiker, 2 vols. 8vo. 
L. Bat. 1722; and thofe of Grsevius, Traj. 1680, and 
Lipf. 1760. 
FLO'RUS (Drepanius, furnamed the Mafler), a deacon 
of the church of Lyons, flourifhed in the ninth century. 
He was a clofe and indefatigable Undent, and far excelled 
the greated part of his contemporaries in the extenfive- 
nefs and variety of his literary acquirements. The repu¬ 
tation which he had obtained, occafioned his being fe- 
lefted by the church of Lyons, to anfvver the treatife of 
John Scotus Erigena, on the fubje r 6f of prededination. 
This anfwer was entitled. Liber ds PradeJHnatione , contra 
Johannis Scoti erroneas Definitions, and was fent into the 
world, in 852, in the name of the whole church of Lyons. 
It is extant in the firit volume of Gilbert Mauguin’s 
Vind. Grat. & Prced. and in the eighth volume of the 
Bibliotheca Patr. How long the author lived after its pro¬ 
duction is not known. Beftdes that work, lie was the 
author of, 1. Commentarius in omnes S. Pauli Epijlolas, which 
lias been falfely aferibed to the venerable Bede, and ad¬ 
mitted into the collection of his works. 2. Commentarius 
feu Exppfitio in Canonem Miflee, extant in the fifteenth volume 
of the Bibl. Patr. 3. Ponnata , which have appeared in 
different collections, and are inferted in the eighth volume 
of the Bibl. Patr. and other pieces, either edited, or flill 
in manufeript, which are enumerated by Cave. 
FLOS ADO'NIS, f. in botany. See Adonis, 
FLOS AE'RIS. See Epidendrum. 
FLOS AFRICA'NUS. See Tagetes. 
FLOS CFERU'LfEUS. See Clitoria. 
FLOS CARDINA'LIS. See Ipomoea. 
FLOS CLITO'RIDIS. See Clitoria, 
FLOS CU'CUI.I. See Cardamine. 
X'LOS GLOBO'SUS. See Gomphrena. 
FLOS PASSIO'NIS. See Passiflora. 
FLOS PERGULA'NUS. See Pergularia. 
FLOS RE'GIUS. See Delphinium. 
FLOS SO'LlS. See Cistus and Hklianthus, 
FLOS SUSAN'NzE. See Orchis. 
FLOS TRINITA'TIS. See Viola. 
FLOS VESTIVA'LIS. See Hibiscus. 
FLOS'CULOUS, adj. [fofculus, Lat.] Compofed of 
Bowers; having the nature or form of flowers.—The 
outward part is a thick and carnous covering, and the fe¬ 
cund a dry and fofculous coat. Brown. 
FLOSS, a town of Germany', in the circle of Bavaria: 
five miles eaft-north-eaft of Weiden, and feventeen north 
©f Nabourg. 
FLOSS, a river of Silefia, which runs into the Oder, 
fix miles north-weft of Brefiau. 
FLOSS'GR ABEN, a river of Germany, in the circle 
©f Upper Saxony, which branches off from the Elfter, 
about a league north-north-ealt of Eifenberg, and joins the 
fame river again, about a league eaft from Merfeburg. 
FLO'TA, a fmall ifland of Scotland, in ajiay on the 
north-weft coaft of the ifland of Lewis. 
FLO'TA, one of the fmall Orkney ifiands, between 
South Ronalfha and Hoy. 
FLO'TAGES, /. Such things as by accident fwim on 
the top of great rivers, or on the coafts of the fea. Thefe 
being often parts of wrecks or Branded goods, the word 
is ufed in the commiflions of water-bailiffs, who are to 
take cognizance of them. 
FLOTE, f. Ijlot, Fr.] Wave: 
For the red o’ the fleet 
Which I difpers’d, they all have met again. 
And are upon the Mediterranean fate, 
Bound fadly home for Naples. Shakefpeare. 
FLO 
7 c FLOTE, v. a. See To feet, Tofkim.—Such cheefes^ 
good Cifley, yefloted too nigh. Tujfer. 
FLOT'SAM, /. in law, is the cafe of a fliip funk or 
cad away, and the goods floating upon the fea. Flofam „ 
jetfam, and lagan, are mentioned together: jetfam being 
where any thing is cad out of the fliip when in danger, 
and the diip notwithdanding peridies; and lagan is w hen 
heavy goods are thrown over-board before the wreck of 
the (hip, which fink to the bottom of the fea, but are tied 
to a cork or buoy in order to be recovered again. 5 Rep. 
10 6. The king dial! ha flotfam, jetfam, and lagan, when 
the (hip is lod, and the owners of the goods are no; known, 
but not otherwife. F.N.B.122, Where the proprietors 
of the goods may be known, they have a year and a day 
to claim flotfam. 1 Kcb. 657. Flotfam, jetfam, See. any per- 
foil may have by the king’s grant, as well as the lord ad¬ 
miral, &c. See the article Wreck. 
FLOT'TE (La), a town of France, on the north coafl 
of the idand of Re: three quarters of a league ead-foutli- 
ead of St. Martin de Re, and two and a half wed of la 
Rochelle.. 
FLOT'TEN, part, [from flete.] Skimmed. Skinner. 
FLOTZ, a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper 
Saxony, and principality of Anhalt Zerbd: fix miles 
north-wed of Zerbd. 
Fa FLOUNCE, v. n. [ plonfn , Dut. to plunge.] To 
move with violence in the water or mire; to 
dadi in tlie water: 
druggie or 
With his broad fins and forky tail he laves 
The rifing furge, and flounces in the waves. 
To move with weight and tumult: 
Six flouncing Flanders mares 
Are e’en as good as any two of theirs. 
Addifon. • 
Prior „ 
To move with paffionate agitation : 
When I’m duller than a pod. 
Nor can the plained word pronounce, 
You neither fume, nor fret, nor flounce. 
Swift. 
To FLOUNCE, v. a. To deck with flounces.—She was 
founced and furbelowed from head to foot; every ribbon 
was crinkled, and every part of her garments in curl.. 
Addifon. 
FLOUNCE, f. Any thing fewed to the garment, and 
hanging loofe, fo as to fwell and fhake: 
Nay, oft in dreams invention we bedow. 
To change a fiounce, or add a furbelow. Pope. 
FLOUNDER, f. [ flynder, Dan .fluke, Scot.] The name 
of a fmall flat fifli. See the article Pleuronectes.— 
Flounders will both thrive and breed in any pond. Mortimer. 
To FLOUN'DER, v.n. [from flounce.'] To druggie with 
violent and irregular motions ; as a horfe in the mire: 
The more inform’d, the lefs he underdood, 
And deeper funk by floundering in the mud. Dryden. 
He plung’d for fenfe, but found no bottom there, 
Then writ and flounder'd on in mere defpair. Pope. 
To FLOU'RISH, v.n. [ floreo, florefco , Lat.] To be in 
vigour; not to fade.—The righteous ihall flour fi like the 
palm-tree. Pf. xcii. 
Where’er you tread, the blufhing dow’rs fhall rife, 
And all things flourifli where you turn your eyes. Pope. 
To be in a profperous date.—Bad men frequently prof- 
per and flourifli, and that by the means of their wicked- 
nefs. Nelfon .—To ufe florid language ; to fpeak with 
ambitious copioufr.efs and elegance.—They dilate fome- 
times, and flourifli long upon little incidents, and they 
fkip over and but lightly touch the drier part of their 
theme. Watts's Logic. —To deferibe various figures by in¬ 
terfering lines ; to play in wanton and irregular motions: 
Impetuous fpread 
The dream, and fmoaking, flourifk'd o’er his head. Pope. 
To boad ; to brag. [In mude.] To play for®e prelude 
without any fettled rule. 
To 
