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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Floss \Floss\, n. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Floss \Floss\, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [Eng.] 2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. {Floss hole}. a A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out b The tap hole of a melting furnace. --Knight. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: floss n 1: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery 2: a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [syn: {dental floss}] v : use dental floss to clean; of teeth
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