(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.