Defn: See Fluorite.
FLUOSILICATE
Flu`o*sil"i*cate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluosilicate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; — called also silicofluoride.
FLUOSILICIC
Flu`o*si*lic"ic, a. Etym: [Fluo- + silicic: cf. F. fluosilicique.]
(Chem.)
Defn: Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine. Fluosilicic acid, a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon, H2F6Si, obtained in solution in water as a sour fuming liquid, and regarded as the type of the fluosilicates; — called also silicofluoric acid, and hydrofluosilicic acid.
FLURRIED
Flur"ried, a.
Defn: Agitated; excited.
— Flur"ried*ly adv.
FLURRY
Flur"ry, n.; pl. Flurries. Etym: [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]
1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow.