fluor noun. [flʊǝ] E17.
[Latin = flow, from fluere to flow: see -OR. Cf. French flueur.]
1. In pl. The menstrual discharge. Cf. FLOWER noun 10. E-M17.

2. A flow, a flowing; a stream; an effluvium. M-L17.

3. A fluid state; a fluid mass; (in pl.) 'the humours' of the body. M17-E18.

4. Mineralogy.
a. [translating German Fluss.] Any mineral of a kind less hard and more fusible than gems. Long obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
b. A fluorine-containing mineral of this kind. Now spec. = FLUORSPAR. arch. L18.

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