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floated, ppl. a.|ˈfləʊtɪd|
[f. float v. + -ed1.]
That floats or is floated.
1799Cowper Castaway 27 The cask, the coop, the floated cord.
b. esp. Of a field, tract of country, etc.: Flooded, inundated, irrigated. Cf. flotten.
1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 42 Which is the reason that floated and irriguous Grounds are so pregnant. 1735Somerville Chase iv. 170 O'er floated Meads, o'er Plains with Flocks distain'd. 1799T. Wright Art Floating Meadows 15 Floated meadows require no manure from the farm yard.
c. Plastering. (see float v. 16 a.)
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 373 A coat of plaster, which is pricked-up for the floated work. 1842Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss., Floated lath and plaster, plastering of three coats. Ibid., Floated Work, plastering rendered perfectly plane by means of a Float. |