Defn: A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.
FLOUTER
Flout"er, n.
Defn: One who flouts; a mocker.
FLOUTINGLY
Flout"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.
FLOW
Flow, obs.
Defn: imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer.
FLOW
Flow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. FFlowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowing.] Etym:
[AS. flowan; akin to D. vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. floa to
deluge, Gr. float, fleet. *80. Cf. Flood.]
1. To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.
2. To become liquid; to melt. The mountains flowed down at thy presence. Is. lxiv. 3.