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.
A float board. See Float board
(below).
A contrivance for
affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an
object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
The act of flowing; flux; flow.
A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square
and one foot deep.
The trowel or tool
with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and
smoothed.
A polishing block used in marble working;
a runner.
A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool
used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
A coal cart.
The sea; a wave. See
Flote,
n.
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