FLOAT, FLOATING
ADVERBS
► ASWIM afloat, covered with water → 1792 Sc.
NOUNS
► NATABILITY capacity of floating → 1796
► WOODEN ISLAND a floating mass of debris, as wood or vegetation, formed in a lake or large river → 1807 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► HOVE to remain in a suspended or floating condition, as a bird in the air, or a boat on water; to be poised, to hover → c1220 obs.
► TO-FLEET to float away; to be carried away by or as by water → a1122 obs.
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