Definition of Flory

1. Noun. United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985).

Exact synonyms: Paul John Flory
Generic synonyms: Chemist

Definition of Flory

1. Adjective. (heraldry) decorated with fleurs-de-lis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flory

1. showy [adj FLORIER, FLORIEST] - See also: showy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flory

florist's willow
florist shop
floristic
floristically
floristics
floristries
floristry
florists
florists' chrysanthemum
floroon
floroons
flors
floruit
floruits
florulent
flory (current term)
floryshe
flos-ferri
floscular
floscularian
floscularians
floscule
floscules
flosculous
flosequinan
flosh
floshes
floss
floss silk
flossed

Literary usage of Flory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"CRESCENTS Or, three crescents within a double tressure flory counter-flory gu. (ist and 4th quarters), all within a bordure gu. SETON OF ABERCORN. ..."

2. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"A Tressure thus enriched is represented in No. 135 : in this No. 135. Single Tressure flory. No. 137. Double Tressure flory ..."

3. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"Besides, I must own my weakness for flory is such, that, if I consulted that only, might be so far swayed by it, as almost to wish that no one could write a ..."

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