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Meerschaum :: Meerschaum (n.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite..

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212� Fah

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

Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.

Floating :: Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..

Flotage :: Flotage (n.) The state of floating.

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..

Float :: Float (v. t.) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.

Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..

Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..

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

Floatiersman :: Floatiersman (n.) A man living on the frontier.

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..

Natant :: Natant (a.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants..

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..

Floater :: Floater (n.) A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.

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