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Mist :: Mist (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist..

Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

Stanch :: Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release..

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

Float :: Float (v. i.) A float board. See Float board (below).

Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water..

Drive :: Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

Float :: Float (v. i.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.

Floatage :: Floatage (n.) Same as Flotage.

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

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..

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..

Floating :: Floating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floa.

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle..

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..

Float :: Float (v. i.) The act of flowing; flux; flow.

Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

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

Live :: Live (v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm..

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