FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form f eotan; the

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. "

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• FLEET

fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to

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• SAIL

sail,

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• LAT

Lat. pluere, to

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• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus,

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• WAVE

wave, is not connect  ed), the action of moving on the surface of water, or through the., air . The word is used also of a wave, or the flood of the tide, river, backwater or stream, and of any object floating in water, as a mass of ice or weeds; a movable landing-stage, a flat-bottomed boat, or a raft, or, in fishing, of the cork or quill used to support a baited line or fishing-net . It is also applied to the hollow or inflated organ by means of which certain animals, such as the " Portuguese man-of-war," swim, to a hollow metal ball or piece of whinstone, &c., used to regulate the level of water in a tank or boiler, and to a piece of ivory in the cistern of a barometer . " Float " is also the name of one of the boards of a paddle-wheel or water-wheel . In a theatrical sense, it is used to denote the footlights . The word is also applied to something broad, level and shallow, as a wooden frame attached to a cart or wagon for the purpose of increasing the carrying capacity; and to a special kind of low, broad cart for carrying heavy weights, and to a platform on wheels used for shows in a procession . The term is applied also to various tools, especially to many kinds of trowels used in plastering . It is also used of a dock where vessels may float, as at Bristol, and of the trenches used in " floating " land . In geology and mining, loose rock or ore brought down by water is known as " float," and in tin-mining it is applied to a large trough used for the smelted tin . In weaving the word is used of the passing of weft threads over part of the warp without being woven in with it, also of the threads so passed .