flowers n pl Cp HARRAP fleur: rocher à f. d'eau 'rock that is awash.' Rocks or ledges over which the sea breaks; see SUNKEN ROCK.
   1708 OLDMIXON 9 The Bay of Flowers near Greenspond is dangerous for shelves. 1745 CAREW 25 The Vessels were all that Night in danger of being lost off a Rock called the Flower's especially the Kingsale. [1929] 1933 GREENLEAF (ed) 288 "The Nordfeld and the Raleigh": He put her ashore on Flower's Ledge at four in the afternoon; / He put her ashore on Flower's Ledge, she was in her full bloom. 1951 Nfld & Lab Pilot i, 322 A vessel entering Flowers cove should steer to pass at least a quarter of a mile northward of Seal islands.

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