The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of
plastering is leveled and smoothed.

A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an
inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life
preserver.

The act of flowing; flux; flow.

A float board. See Float board (below).

The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait
line, and indicate the bite of a fish.

A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and
conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid,
as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark
the place of, something.

The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which
floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.

A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to
the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.