Definition of floating

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Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..

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Sea Cocoa :: Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate..
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..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft..
Superfluities :: Superfluitant (a.) Floating above or on the surface.
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
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..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Floe :: Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice..
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
Natatory :: Natatory (a.) Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs..
Water Lily :: Water lily () A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea..
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
Fund :: Fund (v. t.) To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt..
Fluctuant :: Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves.
Jacana :: "Jacana (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird..
Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule
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