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