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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.
An arrow. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

fló

fló

See also: flo, Flo, f-lo, and flo'

Icelandic

Noun

fló f ‎(genitive singular flóar, nominative plural flær)

  1. flea

Declension

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)

  1. flea

Declension

Descendants

Etymology

From Old Norse fló, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis ‎(“flea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flouː/
    Rhymes: -ouː

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