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.
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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A driving; a violent movement.
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A driving; a violent movement.
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To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…
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To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…
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a man-made object taken as a whole
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a man-made object taken as a whole
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To cause to turn; to turn.
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To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…
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An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
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To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…
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Gone.
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A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…
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See Sacs.
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Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
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To make smooth.
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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
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A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.
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To labor; to travail.
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…
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Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…
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One who, or that which, bobs.
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To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
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The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
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A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building brid…
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One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.
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imp. & p. p. of Reave.
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A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, sh…
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A driving; a violent movement.
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Reflux; ebb.
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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
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A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…
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Time; period; season.
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To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
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See Flotation.
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See Flotation.
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One who floats or swims.
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One who floats or swims.
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of Float
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of Float
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Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
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Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
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The act, process, or state of floating.
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The act, process, or state of floating.
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An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing v…
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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A driving; a violent movement.
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To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…
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