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Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..

Can Buoy :: Can buoy () See under Buoy, n..

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

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

-ancy :: -ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy..

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

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

Buoyage :: Buoyage (n.) Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys..

Levitate :: Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate..

Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..

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

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

Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object..

Levitation :: Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Levitation :: Levitation (n.) The act or process of making buoyant.

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

Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits..

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..

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