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Boom :: Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away..

Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep..

Supernatant :: Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water..

Flotage :: Flotage (n.) That which floats on the sea or in rivers.

Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..

Seine :: Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish..

Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Floatable :: Floatable (a.) That may be floated.

Sea Apple :: Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea..

Draught :: Draught (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught..

Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..

Flotation :: Flotation (n.) The act, process, or state of floating..

Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship..

Float :: Float (v. i.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler..

Pad :: Pad (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat..

Navigerous :: Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.

Floe :: Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice..

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