Definition of FLOSS. Meaning of FLOSS. Synonyms of FLOSS

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Definition of FLOSS

Floss
Floss Floss, n. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.
Floss
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.
Floss
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.

Meaning of FLOSS from wikipedia

- Look up floss in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Floss commonly refers to: Dental floss Meat floss Floss (dance) Floss may also refer to: Floß, in English...
- adoption and promotion of FOSS, with the former preferring to use the terms FLOSS, free or libre. "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term...
- Floss, Flozze, Flozzam, Flozz Floß, Vlozze and Flôt. There are various views on the origin of the name Floß for both the town of Floß and the Floß river:...
- Dental floss is a cord of thin filaments, typically made of nylon or silk, used in interdental cleaning to remove food and dental plaque from between...
- Mental Floss (stylized as mental_floss) is an American online magazine and digital, print, and e-commerce media company focused on millennials. It is...
- The floss is a po****r dance in which a person repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side...
- The Mill on the Floss is a novel by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in three volumes on 4 April 1860 by William...
- Meat floss, also known as pork or yuk sung (Chinese: 肉鬆; pinyin: ròusōng; Jyutping: juk6 sung1 ; Mandarin Chinese: [ɻôʊsʊ́ŋ]), is a dried meat product...
- Cotton candy, also known as candy floss (candyfloss) and fairy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It is made by heating and liquefying...
- Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests...