See also:

• FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal form f eotan; the Teutonic root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. " fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to sail, Lat. pluere, to rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus, wave, is not connect

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

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form f eotan; the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• 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. " See also:

• FLEET

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

• SAIL

sail, See also:

• LAT

Lat. pluere, to See also:

• 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, See also:

• WAVE

wave, is not connect  ed), the See also:

• ACTION

action of moving on the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of See also:

• WATER

water, or through the., See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . The word is used also of a See also:

• WAVE

wave, or the See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood of the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide, See also:

• RIVER

river, backwater or stream, and of any See also:

• OBJECT

object floating in water, as a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice or weeds; a movable landing-See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-bottomed See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat, or a raft, or, in fishing, of the See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork or See also:

• QUILL

quill used to support a baited See also:

• LINE

line or fishing-See also:

• NET

net . It is also applied to the hollow or inflated See also:

• ORGAN

organ by means of which certain animals, such as the " Portuguese See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man-of-See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war," swim, to a hollow See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball or piece of whinstone, &c., used to regulate the level of water in a tank or See also:

• BOILER

boiler, and to a piece of See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory in the cistern of a See also:

• BAROMETER (from Gr. (3apoc, pressure, and µETpov, measure)

barometer . " See also:

• FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal form f eotan; the Teutonic root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. " fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to sail, Lat. pluere, to rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus, wave, is not connect

Float " is also the name of one of the boards of a See also:

• PADDLE

paddle-See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

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 See also:

• FRAME

frame attached to a See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

cart or See also:

• WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon for the purpose of increasing the carrying capacity; and to a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, broad cart for carrying heavy weights, and to a See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform on wheels used for shows in a procession . The See also:

• TERM

term is applied also to various tools, especially to many kinds of trowels used in plastering . It is also used of a See also:

• DOCK

dock where vessels may float, as at See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, and of the trenches used in " floating " See also:

• LAND

land . In See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology and See also:

• MINING

mining, loose See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock or ore brought down by water is known as " float," and in See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin-mining it is applied to a large trough used for the smelted tin . In See also:

• WEAVING

weaving the word is used of the passing of weft threads over See also:

• PART

part of the warp without being See also:

• WOVEN

woven in with it, also of the threads so passed .