† flotesse Obs.
Also 5 flotyce, -yse, 6 flotes, flattesse, flats.
[Perh. the pl. of flot n.1, taken as sing. It may however represent an unrecorded F. derivative of floter to float.]
Scum or grease floating on the surface of a liquid; esp. skimmed fat, dripping.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 168/1 Flotyse or flotyce of a pott or other lyke, spuma. 1531 Tindale Exp. 1 John v. 21 Doest thou make of God..one that had lust to smell to burnt flotesse? 1536 Lett. & Papers Hen. VIII, X. 175, 4 stone of flattesse. 1548 Recorde Urin. Physick v. 18 Be⁓syde these is there often tymes [in the urine] as it were a flotes or fattynes on the topp. 1585 2nd Pt. good Huswifes Iewell 12 Frie them with butter or flats. |