2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. Knight.

Float"ing*ly, adv. In a floating manner.

Float"y (?), a. Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light. Sir W.

Raleigh.

Flo"bert (?), n. (Gun.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting;

-- sometimes called ball cap.

Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.

Floc`cil*la"tion (?), n. [L. floccus a flock of wool. Cf. Flock of

wool.] (Med.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if

to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute

diseases. Dunglison.

Floc*cose" (?), a. [L. floccosus. Cf. 2d Flock, n.] 1. Spotted with

small tufts like wool. Wright.

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