Definition of Floush

1. flouse [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: flouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floush

flourishes
flourishest
flourisheth
flourishing
flourishingly
flourishings
flourless
flourlike
flourodeoxyglucose
flours
floury
floury cornea
flouse
floused
flouses
floush (current term)
floushed
floushes
floushing
flousing
flout
flouted
flouter
flouters
flouting
floutingly
flouts
flow
flow'r
flow'ret

Literary usage of Floush

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

1. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"Mouse [flous], v. to dabble, splash, play in the water; said of children, ducks, &c. splashing in the water.—Wise. floush hole ..."

2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"floush-HOLE, s. A hole which receives the waste water from a mill-pond, ... Hants. West Suss. FLOURISH, adj. Light in carriage. North. To floush, vn ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Flo n sh-hole [floush-hoal], a hole that receives the waste water from a mill-pond, and into which it flows with groat violence. ..."

4. The Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser by John Paul Campbell (1854)
"... RL Cook, book and hat merchant; Mark A. Cooper, iron house; J. floush, general merchant; Attorneys at law, WH Stansell <fe Martin, DJ Johnson, Win. ..."

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