Definition of buoy

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Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

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Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..
Insubmergible :: Insubmergible (a.) Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.
Can Buoy :: Can buoy () See under Buoy, n..
Buoyance :: Buoyance (n.) Buoyancy.
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..
Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly..
Levitation :: Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
Levity :: Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity..
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits..
Buoying :: Buoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buo.
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.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.
Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a..
Buoyancies :: Buoyancies (pl. ) of Buoyanc.
Levitate :: Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.
Ligan :: Ligan (n.) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam..
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