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Webster 1913 Edition


Flowing

Flow′ing

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Adj.
That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
Flowing battery
(Elec.)
,
a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells.
Knight.
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Flowing furnace
,
a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
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Flowing sheet
(Naut.)
,
a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam.
Totten.

Flow′ing

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Adj.
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Noun.
from
Flow
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Verb.
I.
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T.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flowing

FLOWING

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ppr.
Moving as a fluid; issuing; proceeding; abounding; smooth, as style; inundating.

FLOWING

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Noun.
The act of running or moving as a fluid; an issuing; an overflowing; rise of water.