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Webster 1913 Edition
Flo
Flo
(flō)
, Noun.
pl.
Flon
(flōn)
. [AS.
flā
, flān
.] An arrow.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
This reform bill . . . had been used as a
float
by the conservative ministry. J. P. Peters.
2.
A float board. See
Float board
(below). 3.
(Tempering)
A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
Knight.
4.
The act of flowing; flux; flow.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
5.
A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
6.
(Plastering)
The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
7.
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
Knight.
8.
A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
9.
A coal cart.
[Eng.]
Simmonds.
10.
The sea; a wave. See
Flote
, Noun.
Float board
, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer’s paddle wheel; – a vane.
– Float case
(Naut.)
, a caisson used for lifting a ship.
– Float copper
or
Float gold
(Mining)
, fine particles of metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus liable to be lost.
– Float ore
, water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop.
Raymond.
– Float stone
(Arch.)
, a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface.
– Float valve
, a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See
Float
, 1 (b)
.Webster 1828 Edition
Flo
FLO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fló
fló
Icelandic
Noun
fló f (genitive singular flóar, nominative plural flær)
Declension
declension of fló
| f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fló | flóin | flær | flærnar |
| accusative | fló | flóna | flær | flærnar |
| dative | fló | flónni | flóm | flónum |
| genitive | flóar | flóarinnar | flóa | flónna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”). Compare Old English flēah (English flea), Dutch vlo, Old High German flōh (German Floh).
Noun
fló f (genitive flóar, plural flǿr)
Declension
Declension of fló (strong ō-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fló | flóin | flœr | flœrnar |
| accusative | fló | flóina | flœr | flœrnar |
| dative | fló | flóinni | flóum | flóunum |
| genitive | flóar | flóarinnar | flóa | flóanna |