floating : Idioms & Phrases

• (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.

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• (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place.

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• noun a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
  bateau bridge; pontoon bridge.
  

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• . (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys; used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.

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• (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter.

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• . (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.

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• a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc.

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• noun dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
  floating dry dock.
  

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• . (Naut.) See under Dock.

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• a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. Knight.

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• (Bot.), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds.

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• a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.

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• . (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.

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• a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage.

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• . (Med.) See Wandering liver, under Wandering.

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• a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide.

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• (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs.

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• (Plastering), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat.

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• (Weaving), threads which span several other threads without being interwoven with them, in a woven fabric.

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