Definition of float

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

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Melanaemia :: Melanaemia (n.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like..
Radeau :: Radeau (n.) A float; a raft.
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something..
Float :: Float (v. t.) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag..
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.
Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..
Balsa :: Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America..
Floss :: Floss (n.) Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Refloat :: Refloat (n.) Reflux; ebb.
Natatory :: Natatory (a.) Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs..
Gossamer :: Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders..
Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..
Flotage :: Flotage (n.) That which floats on the sea or in rivers.
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..
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt..
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