flossn.¹

Brit.

/flɒs/, U.S.

/flɔs/,

/flɑs/

dialect.

In Orkney and Shetland: A collective term for reeds, rushes, etc.

ΚΠ

1623 Acts of Bailiary in G. Barry Hist. Orkney (1805) App. ix. 467 That no persone shall..pull floss..before the first of Lammas.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 524 The tenants paid in kind..floss or reeds.

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 34 Floss, the common rush.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

flossn.²

Brit.

/flɒs/, U.S.

/flɔs/,

/flɑs/

Forms: Also 1800s dialect floose.

Etymology: Of doubtful origin. Possibly an adoption of some form of Old French flosche down, pile of velvet; also as adjective in soye flosche (modern French soie floche ) floss-silk (= Italian seta floscia ). Possibly, however, there may have been a native English or Scandinavian word floss cognate with fleece n. Compare modern Icelandic flos nap of cloth, Danish flos plush (recorded from 17th cent.), and Cleveland dialect floss-seave the cotton-grass; also flose v.

a. The rough silk which envelops the cocoon of the silk worm; also see quot. 1835.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > silk > [noun] > rough or inferior

floss1760

waste silk1797

shap1882

1760 S. Pullein in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 56 The common silk~pod, with all its floss, weighs usually but three grains.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 3 Silk which occurs in entangled tufts, called floss, is spun like cotton.

b. transferred (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > [noun]

hairc1000

wire1576

strummel1725

crowning glory1780

suit1803

floss1846

moss1847

1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. Floss, a downy substance in some plants.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii Hair, like the silken floss of the maize, hung over his shoulder.

2. Silk in fine filaments; = floss silk n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk

slived silk1548

sleaved silk1587

sleave1605

sliven silk1688

sleft silk1752

floss silk1760

floss1871

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > pile or nap of > specific

shaga1661

floss1871

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) II. i. iii. 28 Silken threads and silken flosses Here must play their parts.

1889 A. N. Carter in Cent. Mag. Nov. 37/2 Old velvet embroidered with gold and floss.

3. A flossy surface; also, a quantity of flossy particles; fluff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > refuse parts

floss1786

nail1797

1786 S. Henley Notes in tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 281 The wrong side of tapestry will represent more truly the figures on the right, notwithstanding the floss that blurs them, than [etc.].

1850 Bamford Tim Bobbin's Wks. Gloss. Floose, the flyings of wool or cotton.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iv. 121 When woven thick and with a floss, it is warm.

1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Floss, the small particles of fibre in the dust given off in the processes of the manufacture of textiles.

Compounds

General attributive. Also floss silk n.

floss line n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > silk line

blow-line1857

floss line1894

1894 Daily News 7 May 5/1 Men fish with a floss line, and one, two, six, or more natural flies on a hook.

floss thread n.

ΚΠ

1872 MacElrath Dict. Commerce (Webster 1879) Floss-thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery.

floss wig n.

ΚΠ

1864 J. Brown John Leech in Horæ Subs. (1882) 28 The coach~man's red face and floss wig.

floss yarn n.

Draft additions 1993

b. = dental floss at dental adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > implements for

picker1481

toothpick1488

picktooth1542

tooth-picker1545

tooth-scrape1552

pick1562

tooth-rake1585

tooth-scraper1585

teeth-brush1651

dentiscalp1656

toothbrush1690

quill toothpick1775

quill1785

chew-stick1858

tooth-stick1859

dental silk1907

dental floss1922

floss1936

airbrasive1945

Water Pik1962

water toothpick1965

1936 R. W. Bunting Oral Hygiene i. 79 It is necessary that the patient be taught to pass flat floss into each interproximate space.

1976 Dyke Fall 22/1 Hold the floss taut while using the thumbs to guide the floss through the top teeth.

1985 Which? Jan. 21/3 Floss is best for closely-fitting teeth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flossn.³

Brit.

/flɒs/, U.S.

/flɔs/,

/flɑs/

Etymology: < German flosz in same sense: see float n.

Metallurgy.

a. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 509 Floss of the puddling furnace is the fluid glass floating upon the iron produced by the vitrification of the oxides and earths which are present.

b. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 711–2 White cast iron..is employed..for the manufacture of steel, and is then called steel floss, or lamellar floss.

c. = floss-hole n. at Compounds (see below).

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 702 The floss, or outlet of the slag from the furnace.

Compounds

floss-hole n. (a) ‘a hole at the back of a puddling-furnace, beneath the chimney, at which the slags of the iron pass out of the furnace; (b) the tap-hole of a melting furnace’ (Knight).

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 708 The excess of slag is allowed to run off by the chio or floss hole.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 134 Floss-hole, a tap-hole.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flossn.⁴

Brit.

/flɒs/, U.S.

/flɔs/,

/flɑs/

Etymology: Of doubtful genuineness. German flosz has this sense; perhaps the title of The Mill on the Floss (where Floss is a proper name) led Carlyle to think that the word existed in the same form in English. Compare flouse v.

rare.

A stream.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun]

burnc1000

strind?c1225

stranda1240

flowinga1382

gole?a1400

watercoursea1450

riparya1475

glide1590

lympha1630

stream1803

floss1865

strool1867

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. iv. 472 There is one dirty stream or floss (Hünerfliess, Hen-Floss) which wanders dismally through those recesses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flossv.¹

Brit.

/flɒs/, U.S.

/flɔs/,

/flɑs/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: flossy adj.

Etymology: Back-formation < flossy adj. Compare floss n.²

slang (chiefly U.S.). In later use chiefly in African-American usage.

intransitive. To flirt; to show off, esp. (in later use) by flaunting one's wealth, possessions, etc. Cf. flossy adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt, philander, or dally [verb (intransitive)]

flicker?c1225

dallyc1440

mird?c1625

pickeer1646

to dally away1685

niggle1696

coquet1700

gallant1744

philander1778

flirt1781

fike1804

gallivant1823

butterfly1893

vamp1904

romance1907

to fool up1933

floss1938

cop1940

horse1953

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]

brandishc1340

ruffle1484

braga1556

swash1556

flourish1563

flaunt1566

prank1567

prink1573

to shake, wag the feather1581

peacockize1598

air1605

display1608

to launch it out1608

flasha1616

to cut it out1619

flare1633

vapour1652

peacock1654

spark1676

to gallantrize it1693

bosh1709

glare1712

to cut a bosh1726

to show away1728

to figure away, off1749

parade1749

to cut a dashc1771

dash1786

to cut up1787

to cut a flash1795

to make, or cut, a splash1804

swank1809

to come out strong1825

to cut a spludge1831

to cut it (too) fat1836

pavonize1838

splurge1844

to do the grand1847

to cut a swath1848

to cut a splurge1860

to fan out1860

spread1860

skyre1871

fluster1876

to strut one's stuff1926

showboat1937

floss1938

style1968

1938 ‘R. Hyde’ Godwits Fly xi. 171 Don't go flossing around girls.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §356/1 Flossing, flirting.

1995 Source Feb. 5/1 In this issue we preview 18 of this season's fattest new kicks for b-ballin', walkin' and just flossin' around the town in the flyest wares.

1997 T. Smith et al. Dangerous (song, perf. ‘Busta Rhymes’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 72 Buckwild to all of my niggaz who don't care. Floss like a bunch of young, black millionaires.

2004 Jockey Slut Feb. 84/3 There's a refreshing absence of the ying-yang of modern hip hop, where rappers either floss or complain about others doing so.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flossv.²

Brit.

/flɒs/, U.S.

/flɔs/,

/flɑs/

Etymology: < floss n.²

intransitive and transitive. To clean between (the teeth) with dental floss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > clean the person [verb (intransitive)] > clean the teeth

floss1974

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > clean the person [verb (transitive)] > clean the teeth

scour1598

floss1974

water-pick1976

1974 Reader's Digest Feb. 221/1 A sure-fire way to detect plaque is to use a ‘disclosing agent’..before brushing and flossing.

1979 Washington Post 29 June (Weekend section) 38/2 Someone will oil your back. Floss your teeth.

1980 Washington Post 20 Mar. c1/1 I fail to brush and floss and massage and pick and gargle.

1984 M. Amis Money 249 On impulse I floss my teeth in the middle of the afternoons.

1987 J. Wilcox Miss Undine's Living Room xi. 165 I was wondering what made me want to look at her teeth... And they're so close together. She has trouble flossing.

Derivatives

ˈflossing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth

toothbrushing1920

flossing1974

1974 Collier's Encycl. Year Bk. 234/2 Probably the best program for preventing caries would be one emphasizing good brushing and flossing techniques.

1983 Which? Dec. 532/3 At the moment, brushing and flossing are the main methods you can use at home to control plaque.

1989 Psychol. Today Sept. 30/2 Daily tooth brushing and flossing are important to keep teeth healthy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1623

n.²1760

n.³1839

n.⁴1865

v.¹1938

v.²1974

单词	floss
释义	flossn.¹ Brit. /flɒs/, U.S. /flɔs/, /flɑs/ dialect. In Orkney and Shetland: A collective term for reeds, rushes, etc. ΚΠ 1623 Acts of Bailiary in G. Barry Hist. Orkney (1805) App. ix. 467 That no persone shall..pull floss..before the first of Lammas. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 524 The tenants paid in kind..floss or reeds. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 34 Floss, the common rush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). flossn.² Brit. /flɒs/, U.S. /flɔs/, /flɑs/ Forms: Also 1800s dialect floose. Etymology: Of doubtful origin. Possibly an adoption of some form of Old French flosche down, pile of velvet; also as adjective in soye flosche (modern French soie floche ) floss-silk (= Italian seta floscia ). Possibly, however, there may have been a native English or Scandinavian word floss cognate with fleece n. Compare modern Icelandic flos nap of cloth, Danish flos plush (recorded from 17th cent.), and Cleveland dialect floss-seave the cotton-grass; also flose v. 1. a. The rough silk which envelops the cocoon of the silk worm; also see quot. 1835. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > silk > [noun] > rough or inferior floss1760 waste silk1797 shap1882 1760 S. Pullein in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 56 The common silk~pod, with all its floss, weighs usually but three grains. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 3 Silk which occurs in entangled tufts, called floss, is spun like cotton. b. transferred (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] hairc1000 wire1576 strummel1725 crowning glory1780 suit1803 floss1846 moss1847 1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. Floss, a downy substance in some plants. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii Hair, like the silken floss of the maize, hung over his shoulder. 2. Silk in fine filaments; = floss silk n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk slived silk1548 sleaved silk1587 sleave1605 sliven silk1688 sleft silk1752 floss silk1760 floss1871 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > pile or nap of > specific shaga1661 floss1871 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) II. i. iii. 28 Silken threads and silken flosses Here must play their parts. 1889 A. N. Carter in Cent. Mag. Nov. 37/2 Old velvet embroidered with gold and floss. 3. A flossy surface; also, a quantity of flossy particles; fluff. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > refuse parts floss1786 nail1797 1786 S. Henley Notes in tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 281 The wrong side of tapestry will represent more truly the figures on the right, notwithstanding the floss that blurs them, than [etc.]. 1850 Bamford Tim Bobbin's Wks. Gloss. Floose, the flyings of wool or cotton. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iv. 121 When woven thick and with a floss, it is warm. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Floss, the small particles of fibre in the dust given off in the processes of the manufacture of textiles. Compounds General attributive. Also floss silk n. floss line n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > silk line blow-line1857 floss line1894 1894 Daily News 7 May 5/1 Men fish with a floss line, and one, two, six, or more natural flies on a hook. floss thread n. ΚΠ 1872 MacElrath Dict. Commerce (Webster 1879) Floss-thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery. floss wig n. ΚΠ 1864 J. Brown John Leech in Horæ Subs. (1882) 28 The coach~man's red face and floss wig. floss yarn n. Draft additions 1993 b. = dental floss at dental adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > implements for picker1481 toothpick1488 picktooth1542 tooth-picker1545 tooth-scrape1552 pick1562 tooth-rake1585 tooth-scraper1585 teeth-brush1651 dentiscalp1656 toothbrush1690 quill toothpick1775 quill1785 chew-stick1858 tooth-stick1859 dental silk1907 dental floss1922 floss1936 airbrasive1945 Water Pik1962 water toothpick1965 1936 R. W. Bunting Oral Hygiene i. 79 It is necessary that the patient be taught to pass flat floss into each interproximate space. 1976 Dyke Fall 22/1 Hold the floss taut while using the thumbs to guide the floss through the top teeth. 1985 Which? Jan. 21/3 Floss is best for closely-fitting teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flossn.³ Brit. /flɒs/, U.S. /flɔs/, /flɑs/ Etymology: < German flosz in same sense: see float n. Metallurgy. a. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 509 Floss of the puddling furnace is the fluid glass floating upon the iron produced by the vitrification of the oxides and earths which are present. b. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 711–2 White cast iron..is employed..for the manufacture of steel, and is then called steel floss, or lamellar floss. c. = floss-hole n. at Compounds (see below). ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 702 The floss, or outlet of the slag from the furnace. Compounds floss-hole n. (a) ‘a hole at the back of a puddling-furnace, beneath the chimney, at which the slags of the iron pass out of the furnace; (b) the tap-hole of a melting furnace’ (Knight). ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 708 The excess of slag is allowed to run off by the chio or floss hole. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 134 Floss-hole, a tap-hole. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flossn.⁴ Brit. /flɒs/, U.S. /flɔs/, /flɑs/ Etymology: Of doubtful genuineness. German flosz has this sense; perhaps the title of The Mill on the Floss (where Floss is a proper name) led Carlyle to think that the word existed in the same form in English. Compare flouse v. rare. A stream. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] burnc1000 strind?c1225 stranda1240 flowinga1382 gole?a1400 watercoursea1450 riparya1475 glide1590 lympha1630 stream1803 floss1865 strool1867 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. iv. 472 There is one dirty stream or floss (Hünerfliess, Hen-Floss) which wanders dismally through those recesses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flossv.¹ Brit. /flɒs/, U.S. /flɔs/, /flɑs/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: flossy adj. Etymology: Back-formation < flossy adj. Compare floss n.² slang (chiefly U.S.). In later use chiefly in African-American usage. intransitive. To flirt; to show off, esp. (in later use) by flaunting one's wealth, possessions, etc. Cf. flossy adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt, philander, or dally [verb (intransitive)] flicker?c1225 dallyc1440 mird?c1625 pickeer1646 to dally away1685 niggle1696 coquet1700 gallant1744 philander1778 flirt1781 fike1804 gallivant1823 butterfly1893 vamp1904 romance1907 to fool up1933 floss1938 cop1940 horse1953 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1938 ‘R. Hyde’ Godwits Fly xi. 171 Don't go flossing around girls. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §356/1 Flossing, flirting. 1995 Source Feb. 5/1 In this issue we preview 18 of this season's fattest new kicks for b-ballin', walkin' and just flossin' around the town in the flyest wares. 1997 T. Smith et al. Dangerous (song, perf. ‘Busta Rhymes’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 72 Buckwild to all of my niggaz who don't care. Floss like a bunch of young, black millionaires. 2004 Jockey Slut Feb. 84/3 There's a refreshing absence of the ying-yang of modern hip hop, where rappers either floss or complain about others doing so. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flossv.² Brit. /flɒs/, U.S. /flɔs/, /flɑs/ Etymology: < floss n.² intransitive and transitive. To clean between (the teeth) with dental floss. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > clean the person [verb (intransitive)] > clean the teeth floss1974 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > clean the person [verb (transitive)] > clean the teeth scour1598 floss1974 water-pick1976 1974 Reader's Digest Feb. 221/1 A sure-fire way to detect plaque is to use a ‘disclosing agent’..before brushing and flossing. 1979 Washington Post 29 June (Weekend section) 38/2 Someone will oil your back. Floss your teeth. 1980 Washington Post 20 Mar. c1/1 I fail to brush and floss and massage and pick and gargle. 1984 M. Amis Money 249 On impulse I floss my teeth in the middle of the afternoons. 1987 J. Wilcox Miss Undine's Living Room xi. 165 I was wondering what made me want to look at her teeth... And they're so close together. She has trouble flossing. Derivatives ˈflossing n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth toothbrushing1920 flossing1974 1974 Collier's Encycl. Year Bk. 234/2 Probably the best program for preventing caries would be one emphasizing good brushing and flossing techniques. 1983 Which? Dec. 532/3 At the moment, brushing and flossing are the main methods you can use at home to control plaque. 1989 Psychol. Today Sept. 30/2 Daily tooth brushing and flossing are important to keep teeth healthy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1623n.²1760n.³1839n.⁴1865v.¹1938v.²1974
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