·noun The second coat of three-coat plastering.
II. Floating ·noun Floating threads. ·see Floating threads, above.
III. Floating ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Float.
IV. Floating ·adj Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
V. Floating ·adj Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
VI. Floating ·adj Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
VII. Floating ·add. ·noun The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water;
— called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.