A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Flor], sb. floor, MD, S2; flore, dat., S, PP.—AS. flór.

[ Floret-silk], sb. coarse silk, Cotg.; flurt-silk, figured silk, HD.—OF. fleuret (Cotg.); cp. G. florett.—Cf. [Ferret-silke].

[ Florin], sb. florin, originally the name of a coin stamped with the emblem of a lily, MD, C3; floreines, pl., P.—OF. florin (Cotg.).

[ Florischen], v. to flourish, also to cause to flourish, to make to prosper, to brandish, flourish a weapon, MD; floryschyn, to make flourishes in illuminating books, Prompt.; fluricheþ, pr. s., adorns, decorates, S3.—OF. floriss- base of pr. p. of florir; Lat. florere; see Constans.

[ Flot], sb. fat, scum, S2, JD.—Icel. flot.

[ Flote], sb. a fleet, B; flot, B.—Icel. floti. See [Fleten].

[ Flote], sb. company, multitude, S, MD.—OF. flote (flotte in Cotg.); Lat. fluctum.

Flote, Floten; see [Fleten].

[ Floteren], v. to fluctuate, flutter, PP.—OF. floter (+ suffix -er); Lat. fluctuare; see Constans.

[ Flotering], sb. restless motion, W2.