Definition of float

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Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..

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Flushing :: Flushing (n.) A surface formed of floating threads.
Flotage :: Flotage (n.) That which floats on the sea or in rivers.
Bead Proof :: Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters..
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth..
Supernatural :: Supernatation (n.) The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.
Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.
Waft :: Waft (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..
Floe :: Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (n.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface..
Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations..
Water Flannel :: Water flannel () A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
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..
Downstream :: Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Water Dog :: Water dog () A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain..
Water Lettuce :: Water lettuce () A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves..
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