Definition of float

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

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Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc..
Fluctuant :: Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves.
Floatable :: Floatable (a.) That may be floated.
Cymophanous :: Cymophanous (a.) Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish..
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..
Logrolling :: Logrolling (n.) The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.
Float :: Float (v. i.) A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep..
Flotage :: Flotage (n.) The state of floating.
Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like..
Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..
Floaty :: Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Raft :: Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float..
Stream :: Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..
Stiver :: Stive (n.) The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
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