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float-boat
ˈfloat-boat [f. float n. or v. + boat n.] † 1. A ship's long-boat. Obs. So called because it was not carried on board like the other boats, but towed astern.1322 Close Roll 15 Ed. II. mem. 8 (= Calendar p. 453) Navicula sua que vocatur flotebate. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. (1846) I. 120 Schortlie t... Oxford English Dictionary
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float
▪ I. float, n. (fləʊt) Forms: 1 flot, 3–7 flote, (4–6 flot, 5 floote, floit, floyt(e, 7 flotte), 6–7 floate, 6– float. [Several distinct formations, ultimately from the Teut. root fleut-, flaut-, flot- (see fleet v.), seem to have coalesced. 1. OE. flot str. neut. (dat. flote) action or state of flo... Oxford English Dictionary
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