574 / 1042
F L
o
606 ')
F L U
vi:.
!,etWeen 2SO and 30° of N. I.titude, and bmveen
8
10 aoH 50
IV.
lon&itude.
F~OIUN, i~
fometimes
ul~d
fur
~
eoin, and
fO~lctimes
fol' a money of ,ecouor.
FJorin, as a coin, is of diffcrent values,
accordin~
to
the
diíTer~nt
mmls alld difl'erent cOIHllries \Vhere it is
f!ruck. T he gold OMins are moll of them of a vcry
coarfe alloy, fonle of thelll not cxeeediog thineeo ol'
fourteeo earrats, aod none 01' them fevtnteen and
a
half. As tO lilver Oorins, thofe of HolI.lnd are wcmh
auout
1
s.
8
d. tbofe of Genoa werc \\'onh
S!
Ster·
ling.
Florio, as a money of aceount, is ofed by the Italian,
DUICh, and German merch,nlS and bankers, but .d·
milsof dilfatnl divilions io diíTmnt plam.
In
Hol·
hod, il is 00 the (ooting o( lhe COl Oo( lhat name,
contdining
20
Oivers. Al Frank(on aod Nuremberg
it is equivalent tO
3
s. Sterlirg, aod ii dil'ided into
creutzers, and pfinoings. At Liege, it is equivalent to
2
s
3
d. At Strafhurg, tO t s.
3
d. lo Savoy, tO
l Id. At Geooa, to
8¡
d. Aod at Geneva, to
6{
d.
See
COI~.
FLORIST, a perfoo weJl fltiJled io UOIVers, their kinds
andcultivalioo.
FLORY, FLOIV RV, or FLEURY, io heraldry. a erofs
that has the flolVw at the eod cireumflex and turning
down, dilfering (rom the potenee, inafmoch as the Jat·
m
nrmhes OUt more like that whieh is called pme.
Tile erofs í10ry is reprefented io Plate LXXX.
fi~.
7.
FLOS, FLOWER, io botaoy: See FLOWER.
FLOS, in ehemifiry. the moll fubfide
pan
o( bodies fepa.
rmd (rom the more grofs
p'rlS
by fublimation, io a
dry (orm. See CH EM ISTRY .
FLOTSON, or FLOTSOM , goods lhat by fll ipwreek
are lofl, aod floatiog upon lhe fea; which, with jelfoll
and lagan, are generally givento the lord admiral: but
this is the eafe ooly \Vhere the oIVoe,s of foeh gOOdl
are not known. Aod here it is to be obferved, lhat
jetfon fignifies any thing that is eall OUt of a fhip wheo
io danger, and
aft~rwards
il beat on the fhore by the
water, nOtWilhnanding whieh the fllÍp periO,es Lag.o
is where beavy goods are· throwo overboard, before
the wreek of lhe fhip, And fink tO the botlom of the
fea.
FLOUNDER , the Englifh name of a Cpeeies of pleu.
roneéles. See PLEURONECTES .
FLOUR, tbe mcal of IVheat·eorn, fioely ground aod
6f..d. See MEAL.
FLOWER, among botanifis and gardeners, the moll
beautiful pan of trees .od plants, eontaiolng the oro
gaos or partS of frollifieation. See BOTA NY,
P.x/frllal
FLOWER. SeeXER AN ·l'HEMuM.
Everlaj/ing
FLOWER. See GSAPHA Ll UM ,
é\nwER FEN CE. See POIN C'ANA.
FLOWEl DE LUCE . See [RIl.
SullclI·FL.OWER.
See CUNUl.
SII,/·FLOWER. See HELtANTHUS.
Trlllll/,el.FLowER. See DICS ONIA.
lfIind· FLOIVER. Sce ANEMOSE.
}'LOWH II ELIS, or FL O\\'ER DE LU CE , in hmJJry
a ue:rriog reprtfeotiog lhe Iily, colJed tbe qoeen of
flowcrs, .ntl
~he
true hieroglyphic of royallO.jdly;
bllt of late
11
IS bec('l1lemore common, ueing borne in
(rOle coal; one, in otbers three. in olhers nve, and in
fome femee, or (pread aJl Ol'er lhe efeuteheon io
~reat
numbers.
The arms of Fraoee are, three flower de lis or, in
a
Geld azure.
FLUDD
E.JLSee COLY"SUS.
FLUID, an appellalion givcn to alJ bodies wltofe p.rti.
eles eafily yidd tO lbe
leal!
pmiaJ prefl'ure, or furee
impreIT·d.
La'W/ ."d propu/i(!
if
FLU ' DS. See HVORAUL'CI
and HYDROSTATI CS.
FLUOR, in phyfic" afluid; or, more properly, rhe fiate
of
a
body lhat was before
llard
or 1(¡lid , bot is now
reduceJ by Il1fion, Or 6re, into
a
(late of floidity.
FL UoR, in ,nineralogy, implies
a
fon of mioml con.
cretioo, freqoently foood amongfi ores and lIones,
in
mines ftod ql1arries.
FLUO RALtiUS, or ' VHITES. SeeMEDICLH.
FLUSHING, or VLISSE NCEH , a p"rt·town o( Zea.
laAd in Hollaod, five miles fOOlh of MiddJeburgh :
E. long. 3 0
2S',
N.
J.II.St O30'.
It
is a tOIVn of
great foreign trdde, aod has
a
good fecure harboor.
FLUTE,
ao innrumen! of mufie, the fimplefi o( all
thofe of the wind kind.
!t
is playeJ on by bJowiog
it with the mooth, and
th~
tones or nOl<S are chan·
ged by fiopping and optoing the hales difpofed for that
pl1rpofe along its fide o
CU1lJan
FL UTE , is
30
inarument entirely dilferent (rom
the commoo fiute.
!t
is not, Jike lhat, put into lhe
mouth tO be playcJ,
~ut
Ibe end is lIopt with a tamo
pioo or plug ; and the 10IVer lip is applied 10 a hole
aboot twO inehes and a half, or tbree inches.
difl.ntfroOl the enJ. This inllroment is o(o:dly aboot afoot
and a half Joog ; rather b;gger at the opp/r cod than
the JOlI'er; and performd Wilh holes, befides tltat for
lhe moulh, the 10IVell of whieh is fiort and opened by
the liule finger's pre/Jing on a orafs or fometimes a
fil ver key, hke thofe io haolboys, baffoons.
&c.
Irs
foond is exeeedlOg fww and agreeable ; and ferres as
a
treble in a coneer!.
Coal fe flutes, on importation. pay the gros, con–
taining lwelve dozen,
~
s,
10T'0':;
d.
and
00
exporto
atioo d"IV
b~ek
3
S.
4,'
o
d.
FL U'rES, or Fl
UTI~cs.
Ste
ARCH 'TECTUH.
FLUVIALl S, in bOl2oy. See NAJAS.
FLUX, in
medicin~,
30
exmordin.,y ifl'oe, or cvaClla·
tioo of fome hUnlours of the
b~dy.
Sec :'JED,eINE.
FLl'X, io metalJorgy,
I\'hatcl'~r
no cauCe a boJy other·
wife nl't at
,11,
or hardly, folible by fi re, tO meh. Se,
CIIE~Il5TRY ,
FLUX!O:-'J.