_ a vessel with a narrow mouth
FLA'MBEAU, _s._ (pronounced _flam-bo_) a lighted torch
FLA'VOUR, _s._ power of pleasing the taste; odour
FLEUR-DE-LIS, _s._ (French for a lily, pronounced _flur-de-lee_) a
term applied in architecture and heraldry
FLE'XIBLE, _a._ capable of being bent; pliant; not brittle; complying:
obsequious; ductile; manageable
FLOAT, _v.n._ to swim on the surface of water; to move without labour in
a fluid; to pass with a light irregular course; _v.a._ to cover with
water
FLO'RIDNESS, _s._ freshness of colour
FLO'URISH, _v.a._ and _v.n._ yield; prosper; wield; adorn
FLU'CTUATE, _v.n._ roll to and again, as water in agitation; be in an
uncertain state
FLU'ID, _a._ anything not solid
FLU'TTER, _v.n._ move irregularly; take short flights with great
agitation of the wines
FO'LIAGE, _s._ leaves; tuft of leaves
FO'LLOWING, _a._ coming after another
FOME'NT, _v.a._ cherish with heat; encourage
FO'REFATHER, _s._ ancestor
FO'REIGN, _a._ not in this country; not domestic; remote; not belonging
to
FO'REPART, _s._ anterior part
FO'REST, _s._ a wild uncultivated tract of ground, with wood
FO'RMER, _a._ before another in time; the first of two
FO'RMIDABLE, _a.
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