Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands.
Dryden.
3. (Plastering) To pass over and level the surface of with a float
while the plastering is kept wet.
4. To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a
joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in,
operation.
Float"a*ble (?), a. That may be floated.
Float"age (?; 48), n. Same as Flotage.
Float*a"tion (?), n. See Flotation.
Float"er (?), n. 1. One who floats or swims.