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Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed..

Floe :: Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice..

Fluctuant :: Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves.

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..

Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..

Sea Apple :: Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea..

Siphonophora :: Siphonophora (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita..

Flete :: Flete (v. i.) To float; to swim.

Mist :: Mist (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist..

Frontiersmen :: Frontiersmen (pl. ) of Floatiersma.

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Water Dog :: Water dog () A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain..

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..

Pad :: Pad (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

Flotage :: Flotage (n.) That which floats on the sea or in rivers.

Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle..

Levitate :: Levitate (v. t.) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..

Bowgrace :: Bowgrace (n.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice..

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