Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

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

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..

Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.

Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

Bloat :: Bloat (a.) Bloated.

Bloat :: Bloat (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow..

Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Bloated :: Bloated (imp. & p. p.) of Bloa.

Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..

Bloatedness :: Bloatedness (n.) The state of being bloated.

Bloater :: Bloater (n.) The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring..

Bloating :: Bloating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloa.

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. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..

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

Float :: Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish..

Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.

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

Float :: Float (v. i.) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die..

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

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

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

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

Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

Float :: Float (v. i.) A coal cart.

Float :: Float (v. i.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n..

Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.

Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..

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