n. [ Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce. ] An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flounced p. pr. & vb. n. Flouncing ] [ Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge. ] To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

With his broad fins and forky tail he laves
The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly&unr_;ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i. ] 1. (Zool.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of floundering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Floundered p. pr. & vb. n. Floundering. ] [ Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash through mire, E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish. ] To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Floured p. pr. & vb. n. Flouring. ] 1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sprinkle with flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flür flower, flour. See Flower. ] The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flour bolt, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones. --
Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box. --
Flour dredge or
Flour dredger, a flour box. --
Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. --
Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]