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Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.

Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..

Buoying :: Buoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buo.

Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..

Insubmergible :: Insubmergible (a.) Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.

Waft :: Waft (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float..

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Levity :: Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity..

Life-preserver :: Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water..

Buoyed :: Buoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Buo.

Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free..

Floaty :: Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.

Lightness :: Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace..

Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a..

Ligan :: Ligan (n.) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam..

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