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(1):

(a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.

(2):

(a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.

(3):

(a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

(4):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Float

(5):

(n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.

(6):

(n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.

(7):

(n.) The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; - called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Floating'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/floating.html. 1828.
 
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