n. Hist. - british two-shilling coin now worth 10 pence.

- english or foreign gold or silver coin. [italian fiorino: related to *florist]

people n. Hippies with flowers as symbols of peace and love.

- power n. Peace and love, esp. As a political idea.

- —n. - part of a plant from which the fruit or seed is developed.

- blossom, esp. Used for decoration.

- plant cultivated for its flowers. —v. - bloom or cause (a plant) to bloom; blossom.

- reach a peak. the flower of the best of. In flower blooming. flowered adj. [latin flos flor-]

adj. - (of speech, style, etc.) Flowing, natural.

- verbally facile, esp. In a foreign language (fluent in german). fluency n. Fluently adv. [latin fluo flow]

—n. (pl. -ies) 1 gust or squall (of snow, rain, etc.).

- sudden burst of activity, excitement, etc.; commotion. —v. (-ies, -ied) confuse; agitate. [imitative]

boat n. Boatlike seaplane.

- buttress n. (usu. Arched) buttress running from the upper part of a wall to an outer support and transmitting the thrust of the roof or vault.

- doctor n. Doctor who uses an aircraft to visit patients.

- fish n. Tropical fish with winglike fins for gliding through the air.

- fox n. Fruit-eating bat with a foxlike head.

- officer n. Raf rank next below flight lieutenant.

- picket n. Mobile industrial strike picket.

- saucer n. Supposed alien spaceship.

- squad n. Rapidly mobile police detachment etc.

- start n. - start (of a race etc.) In which the starting-point is crossed at full speed.

- vigorous start (of an enterprise etc.).

- —adj. - fluttering, waving, or hanging loose.

- hasty, brief (flying visit).

- designed for rapid movement.

- (of an animal) leaping with winglike membranes etc. —n. Flight, esp. In an aircraft. with flying colours with distinction.

v. Illegally dump (waste). fly-tipper n.

var. Of *forecastle.

n. Dried hay or straw etc. As animal food. [old english]

var. Of *fetid.

n. (us fetus) (pl. -tuses) unborn mammalian offspring, esp. A human embryo of eight weeks or more. foetal adj. [latin fetus offspring]