Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Florence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
shillings sterling value. --Camden.
2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.
{Florence flask}. See under {Flask}.
{Florence oil}, olive oil prepared in Florence.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Florence
n 1: a city in central Italy on the Arno River; provincial
capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance
from 14th to 16th centuries [syn: {Firenze}, {Florence}]
2: a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
[syn: {Florence}]
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