▪ I. † flo Obs.
Forms: 1 flá(a, 3 fla(a, 3–5 flo, (7 floe). pl. 1 flán, (3 flan), 3–4 flon, (5 floon, flone).
[OE. flá wk. fem.]
An arrow.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. ix. §14 Ðær wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid anre flan. c 1205 Lay. 1844 Heo letten gliden heora flan. 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 394 Þat me ne myȝte noȝt yse bote harewen & flon. c 1305 St. Christopher 207 in E.E.P. (1862) 65 Hi schote him to stronge deþe wiþ wel kene flo. c 1400 Gamelyn 648 Yeldeth up ȝonge men ȝoure bowes & ȝoure flone. c 1450 Robyn & Gandeleyn v. in Child Ballads v. cxv. 12/2 Robyn bent his joly bowe, Þer in he set a flo. 1623 Cockeram, Floe, an Arrow. |
▪ II. flo
obs. form of flay v.