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Buoying :: Buoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buo.

Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.

Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Life-preserver :: Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water..

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel..

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Levity :: Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity..

Levitation :: Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

Levitate :: Levitate (v. t.) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table..

Insubmergible :: Insubmergible (a.) Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.

Buoyance :: Buoyance (n.) Buoyancy.

Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..

Levitate :: Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate..

Levitation :: Levitation (n.) The act or process of making buoyant.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

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