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v. i.
A float board. See Float board (below).
adv.
In a floating manner.
v. t.
To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
v. i.
Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
v. t.
To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
imp. & p. p.
of Float
n.
A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Float
a.
That may be floated.
n.
A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
a.
Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
v. i.
The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
v. i.
The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
v. t.
To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
n.
To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.
n.
One who floats or swims.
n.
Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
a.
Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
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