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- 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 - v. i. - A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- Float - v. i. - The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
- Float - v. i. - The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
- 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 - v. i. - A float board. See Float board (below).
- 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 - v. i. - The act of flowing; flux; flow.
- Float - v. i. - A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
- Float - v. i. - The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
- Float - v. i. - A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- Float - v. i. - A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
- Float - v. i. - A coal cart.
- Float - v. i. - The sea; a wave. See Flote, n.
- Float - n. - To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
- 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.
- Float - v. t. - To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
- Float - v. t. - To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
- Float - v. t. - To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
- Float - v. t. - To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.
- Floatable - a. - That may be floated.
- Floatage - n. - Same as Flotage.
- Floatation - n. - See Flotation.
- Floated - imp. & p. p. - of Float
- Floater - n. - One who floats or swims.
- Tide - v. t. - To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
- Levitate - v. t. - To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.
- Corpuscle - n. - A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood.
- Dashboard - n. - The float of a paddle wheel.
- Fluctuate - v. i. - To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.
- Rise - v. - To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
- Draff - n. - Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
- Fly - v. t. - To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
- Floater - n. - A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
- Drift - v. i. - To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
- Float - v. t. - To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
- Dobber - n. - A float to a fishing line.
- Precipitate - n. - An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.
- Float - v. i. - A float board. See Float board (below).
- Neaped - a. - Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.
- Bucket - n. - One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
- Caisson - n. - A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
- Ladle - v. t. - The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vessel - n. - A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
- Podoscaph - n. - A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.
- Draught - n. - The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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- H79 אָבַק - 79 אָבַק - אָבַק - - ʼâbaq - aw-bak' - a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from אָבָק; to bedust, i.e. grapple; wrestle. - Verb - heb
- H1702 דֹּבְרָה - 1702 דֹּבְרָה - דֹּבְרָה - - dôbᵉrâh - do-ber-aw' - feminine active participle of דָבַר in the sense of driving (compare דֹּבֶר); a raft; float. - Noun Feminine - heb
- G3491 ναῦς - 3491 ναῦς - ΝΑῦΣ - - naûs - nowce - from or (to float); a boat (of any size):--ship. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H7642 שַׁבְלוּל - 7642 שַׁבְלוּל - שַׁבְלוּל - - shablûwl - shab-lool' - from the same as שֹׁבֶל; a snail (as if floating in its own slime); snail. - Noun Masculine - heb
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- 2 Chronicles 14 2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
כָּרַת עֵץ לְבָנוֹן צֹרֶךְ בּוֹא רַפְסֹדָה יָם יָפוֹ עָלָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם - 1 Kings 11 5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
עֶבֶד יָרַד לְבָנוֹן יָם שׂוּם יָם דֹּבְרָה מָקוֹם שָׁלַח נָפַץ נָשָׂא עָשָׂה חֵפֶץ נָתַן לֶחֶם בַּיִת