n. [ F. affluence, L. affluentia, fr. affluens, p. pr. of affluere to flow to; ad + fluere to flow. See Flux. ] 1. A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx. [ 1913 Webster ]

The affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth. [ 1913 Webster ]

And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abundance; riches; profusion; exuberance; plenty; wealth; opulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affluence. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. affluent, L. affluens, -entis, p. pr. See Affluence. ] 1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. “Affluent blood.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. [ 1913 Webster ]

Language . . . affluent in expression. H. Reed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loaded and blest with all the affluent store,
Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Abundantly; copiously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Great plenty. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. circumfluere, p. pr. of circumfluere; circum + fluere to flow; also L. circumfluus. ] Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. “The deep, circumfluent waves.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. confluentia. ] 1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage. [ 1913 Webster ]

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The confluence . . . of all true joys. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent. ] 1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another; flowing together to form a single stream.
Syn. -- merging(prenominal). [ 1913 Webster ]

These confluent steams make some great river's head. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small steam which flows into a large one. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A flowing off on all sides; fluidity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. diffluens, p. pr. of diffluere to flow off; dif- = dis- + fluere to flow. ] Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. effluence. ] 1. A flowing out, or emanation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Effluence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See Fluent. ] Flowing out; as, effluent beams. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of E. flute. ] 1. An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.: (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Flue boiler. See under Boiler. --
Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace. --
Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate. --
Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. √84. ] Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., a wing. ] (Mus.) 1. A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A flugelhorn. [ PJC ]

n. [ from German flügelhorn. ] A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore.
Syn. -- flugelhorn, flügelhorn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ from German flügelhorn. ] n. A brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore, and having three valves.
Syn. -- fluegelhorn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Fluency. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fluentia: cf. F. fluence. See Fluent. ] The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility. [ 1913 Webster ]

The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. &unr_; to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux. ] 1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

With most fluent utterance. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. fluente. ] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fluent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being fluent. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Music) A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from reed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and closed flue pipes, those of metal being usually round in section, and those of wood triangular or square. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Mus.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 2d Flue. ] Downy; fluffy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Influenced p. pr. & vb. n. Influencing ] To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to affect; to move; to persuade; to induce. [ 1913 Webster ]

These experiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air, and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. Attebury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. influence, fr. L. influens, -entis, p. pr. See Influent, and cf. Influenza. ] 1. A flowing in or upon; influx. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God hath his influence into the very essence of all things. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers, of the stars over affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Astrologers call the evil influences of the stars, evil aspects. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Job xxxviii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

She said : “Ah, dearest lord! what evil star
On you hath frown'd, and poured, his influence bad?” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such influence hath your excellency. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Elec.) Induction.

Syn. -- Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power; authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character; reputation; prestige. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to influence; influential. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. influens, -entis, p. pr. of influere, influxum, to flow in; pref. in- in + fluere to flow. See Fluid. ] 1. Flowing in. “With influent tide.” Cowper. “Influent odors.” Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exerting influence; influential. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I find no office by name assigned unto Dr. Cox, who was virtually influent upon all, and most active. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Influence. ] Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

A very influential Gascon prefix. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an influential manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. influenza influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See Influence. ] (Med.) An epidemic viral infectious disease characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever and general weakness; also called grippe. It is caused by several forms of RNA virus which mutate readily and thereby render vaccines prepared against older forms ineffective, often requiring a new form of vaccine for each new outbreak. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. interfluens, p. pr., and interfluus. See Inter-, and Fluent. ] Flowing between or among; intervening. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mellifluens. See Mellifluous. ] Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mellifluent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + flue. ] Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. profluentia. ] Quality of being profluent; course. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. profluens, p. pr. of profluere; pro forward + fluere to flow. ] Flowing forward, [ R. ] “In the profluent stream.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being refluent; a flowing back. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. refluens, p. pr. of refluere to flow back; pref. re- re- + fluere to flow. See Flurent. ] Flowing back; returning; ebbing. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

And refluent through the pass of fear
The battle's tide was poured. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. refluus. ] Refluent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]