- (n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.
- (a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Float.
- (n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
- (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
- (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
- (n.) The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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