▪ I. ‖ flores1 Obs.
(ˈflɔəriːz)
[L. flōres, pl. of flōs.]
1. Old Chem. (See quot. 1706.)
| 1663 Boyle Usefuln. Nat. Philos. I. ii. 213 The same Aurum fulminans being calcin'd with..Flowers of Brimstone, till the Flores be burnt away. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Flores..in Chymistry, the more subtil parts of a substance separated from the grosser by Sublimation. |
2. nonce use. ‘Flowers’ of speech.
| a 1734 North Exam. i. iii. §94 One may also admire how the Author comes by these Flores of the Canaglia. |
▪ II. ‖ flores2
(ˈflores)
[Sp.; pl. of flor flower. Cf. F. indigo flore.]
(See quots.)
| 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Flores, a commercial classification of indigo, the best quality of dye from Nos. 7 to 9. 1885 Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) II. 333 South American [indigo]..Its qualities are distinguished as follows:—1st, Flores; 2nd, Sobres; and 3rd, Cortes. |