Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) 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. 2. (n.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. 3. (n.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. 4. (n.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. 5. (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. 6. (n.) A float board. See Float board (below). 7. (n.) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. 8. (n.) The act of flowing; flux; flow. 9. (n.) A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. 10. (n.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed. 11. (n.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. 12. (n.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe. 13. (n.) A coal cart. 14. (n.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n. 15. (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. 16. (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air. 17. (v. t.) To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. 18. (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. 19. (v. t.) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet. 20. (v. t.) To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FLOAT (FLOTE) flot. See RAFT; SHIPS AND BOATS FLOTE (FLOAT) See RAFT; SHIPS AND BOATS.

Multi-Version Concordance Float (4 Occurrences) 1 Kings 5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. (Root in KJV WBS YLT NIV) 2 Kings 6:6 The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float. (WEB WBS NAS RSV NIV) 2 Chronicles 2:16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV) Hosea 10:7 Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water. (WEB NIV)