Flex, sb. flax, C, P, Voc.; flax, Prompt., PP.—­AS. fleax.

Flex-hoppe, sb. linodium, Voc.

Fleyen, v. to put to flight, to scare away, frighten; fley, JD, S3; flaien, MD; flay, S2; flayed, pp., S2; fleyit, B.—­Cp.  Icel. fleyja, to cause to fly, throw.

Flicht, sb. flight, PP, B; fliht, MD; fli3*t, S; fluht, S.—­AS. flyht:  OHG. fluht (Tatian).  See Fleen.

Flit, sb. strife, MD; flyt, S2.

Fliten, v. to strive, contend, quarrel, PP, HD, H; flytin, Prompt.; flitis, pr. s., scolds, H; flytande, pr. p., S2; flote, pt. s., MD; fliten, pp., MD.—­AS. flA-tan, pt. flAit (pl. fliton), pp. fliten.

Fliting, sb. quarrelling, scolding, PP; flytynge, H.

Flo, sb. arrow, CM, MD; fla, MD; flon, pl., MD, S2; floon, G; flan, MD; flo, MD.—­AS. flAi (Voc.).  Cf. Flan.

Floc, sb. a gathering of men, beasts, birds, MD; flocke (of swine), W (Mt. 8. 30); flockes, pl., S.—­AS. flocc.

Flocke, v. tr. and intr. to collect, gather, MD, S3.

Floc-mele, adv. in crowds, MD; flok-mele, C2.—­AS. flocmAoe*lum.

Flod, sb. flood, sea, S, S2, PP; flood, C2, W; flode, PP; flodes, pl., PP; fludis, S3.—­AS. flA cubedd.

Flor, sb. floor, MD, S2; flore, dat., S, PP.—­AS. flA cubedr.

Floret-silk, sb. coarse silk, Cotg.; flurt-silk, figured silk, HD.—­OF. fleuret (Cotg.); cp.  G. florett.—­Cf. Ferret-silke.

Florin, sb. florin, originally the name of a coin stamped with the emblem of a lily, MD, C3; floreines, pl., P.—­OF. florin (Cotg.).

Florischen, v. to flourish, also to cause to flourish, to make to prosper, to brandish, flourish a weapon, MD; flory-*schyn, to make flourishes in illuminating books, Prompt.; fluricheA3/4, pr. s., adorns, decorates, S3.—­OF. floriss- base of pr. p. of florir; Lat. florere; see Constans.

Flot, sb. fat, scum, S2, JD.—­Icel. flot.

Flote, sb. a fleet, B; flot, B.—­Icel. floti.  See Fleten.

Flote, sb. company, multitude, S, MD.—­OF. flote (flotte in Cotg.); Lat. fluctum.

Flote, Floten; see Fleten.

Floteren, v. to fluctuate, flutter, PP.—­OF. floter (+ suffix-er); Lat. fluctuare; see Constans.