Meaning Of Floating

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.