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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Floating :: Floating (n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above..
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..
Porpita :: Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst..
Water Flannel :: Water flannel () A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
Floating :: Floating (n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.
Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury..
Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..
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..
Cymophanous :: Cymophanous (a.) Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..
Navigerous :: Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.
Dahabeah :: Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails..
Frogbit :: Frogbit (n.) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers..
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Fund :: Fund (v. t.) To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt..
Gossamer :: Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders..
Sea Apple :: Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea..
Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Downstream :: Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream..
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