flowing : Idioms & Phrases


Flowing battery

  • (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight.
Webster 1913

Flowing furnace

  • a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
Webster 1913

Flowing sheet

  • (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam.
Webster 1913