▪ I. flot1 Now only Sc.
(flɒt)
[repr. OE. *flot (in flotsmeru floating grease), or a. ON. flot (= Sw. flott), f. weak grade of root of fleet v. Cf. flotesse.]
‘The scum of a pot of broth when it is boiling’ (Jamieson).
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1011 As a furnes ful of flot þat vpon fyr boyles. |
▪ II. flot2 Mining.
(flɒt)
[? var. of float n. (sense 20 a).]
(See quot. 1881.)
| 1747 Hooson Miner's Dict. Ij, Some of these Flots carry good Ore where never Vein was yet Discovered. 1881 Dakyns in Nature No. 620. 473 The word ‘flot’ is a miner's term for ore lying between the beds, or at certain definite horizons in the strata. In text-books flots are generally called ‘flats’ or ‘flattings’. |
▪ III. flot3
(flɒt, ‖ flo)
[Fr., lit. ‘wave’.]
A trimming of lace or loops of ribbon, arranged in over-lapping rows.
| 1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 595/2 A flot of mauve ribbon falling over the chignon. 1882 Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Flôts, a French term, used to signify successive loops of ribbon or lace arranged to lie over-lapping one another in rows, so as to resemble the flow of small waves... What is called a Flôt-bow is made after the same style. 1902 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 8/3 The long flots of frills. |
▪ IV. flot
obs. form of float.