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