floatagen.

Brit.

/ˈfləʊtɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈfloʊdɪdʒ/

Etymology: < float n. + -age suffix. Compare French flottage.

1. The action or state of floating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > moving freely on surface

floatOE

floating1555

floatage1626

1626 in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1874) 11/1 [The ship ‘being taken at floatage’ by..a Dutch captain..was seized for the Lord High Admiral of England.]

1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi xiii. 487 Ten days of floatage from the Bosphorus will give five hundred miles, or thereabouts, from that point.

2. concrete. Anything that floats.

a. = flotsam n.; also the right to appropriate flotsam.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > flotsam or jetsam

shipwreck?a1100

wreke1420

wrecka1425

wrack1428

jetsam1491

waveson1526

wrake1544

sea-wracks1548

water1552

wracksa1586

flotsam1607

wrack-goods1671

floatage1672

wreck-goods1693

jettison1708

wreck-wood1821

wreckages1864

society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > rights of gathering or collecting

ware1491

wind-rake1622

wrack1639

floatage1858

1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Gga Flotages..are such things as swim on the top of the Sea, or other great Rivers.

1858 in W. White Month in Yorks. xv. 138 Free fisheries, plantage, floatage..and other maritime franchises.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Floatage, synonymous with flotsam.

b. collective. Vessels that float on or pass up and down a river.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessels used on rivers collectively

rivercraft1760

floatage1854

1854 Rep. Supreme Court Michigan 2 524 All streams susceptible of any valuable floatage.

1881 Echo 8 Dec. 2/4 The Government recouped itself out of tolls taken on the floatage.

c. A floating mass (of weeds).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > mass of floating plant matter or aquatic roots

niggerhead1859

sudd1874

floatage1891

nigger's-head1921

1891 J. Winsor Columbus ix. 204 They found around the ships much green floatage of weeds.

3. Floating power, buoyancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of floating > [noun] > ability or capacity for

buoyancy1766

natability1796

floatage1877

1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema I. ix. 102 Behind it..came all the ruin of the mill that had any floatage.

1883 Daily News 5 July 3/1 The metal pontoons giving floatage.

attributive.1881 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart II. v. 240 Without imperilling the floatage power of the timber.

4. The part of a ship above the water-line.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun]

cage1555

cage-worka1618

dead-work1653

quick-work1711

floatage1839

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship III. xli. 248 The whole of her floatage was above water.

1847 Illustr. London News 24 July 59/1 Nine inches more of floatage are required.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	floatage
释义	floatagen. Brit. /ˈfləʊtɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfloʊdɪdʒ/ Etymology: < float n. + -age suffix. Compare French flottage. 1. The action or state of floating. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > moving freely on surface floatOE floating1555 floatage1626 1626 in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1874) 11/1 [The ship ‘being taken at floatage’ by..a Dutch captain..was seized for the Lord High Admiral of England.] 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi xiii. 487 Ten days of floatage from the Bosphorus will give five hundred miles, or thereabouts, from that point. 2. concrete. Anything that floats. a. = flotsam n.; also the right to appropriate flotsam. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > flotsam or jetsam shipwreck?a1100 wreke1420 wrecka1425 wrack1428 jetsam1491 waveson1526 wrake1544 sea-wracks1548 water1552 wracksa1586 flotsam1607 wrack-goods1671 floatage1672 wreck-goods1693 jettison1708 wreck-wood1821 wreckages1864 society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > rights of gathering or collecting ware1491 wind-rake1622 wrack1639 floatage1858 1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Gga Flotages..are such things as swim on the top of the Sea, or other great Rivers. 1858 in W. White Month in Yorks. xv. 138 Free fisheries, plantage, floatage..and other maritime franchises. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Floatage, synonymous with flotsam. b. collective. Vessels that float on or pass up and down a river. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessels used on rivers collectively rivercraft1760 floatage1854 1854 Rep. Supreme Court Michigan 2 524 All streams susceptible of any valuable floatage. 1881 Echo 8 Dec. 2/4 The Government recouped itself out of tolls taken on the floatage. c. A floating mass (of weeds). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > mass of floating plant matter or aquatic roots niggerhead1859 sudd1874 floatage1891 nigger's-head1921 1891 J. Winsor Columbus ix. 204 They found around the ships much green floatage of weeds. 3. Floating power, buoyancy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of floating > [noun] > ability or capacity for buoyancy1766 natability1796 floatage1877 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema I. ix. 102 Behind it..came all the ruin of the mill that had any floatage. 1883 Daily News 5 July 3/1 The metal pontoons giving floatage. attributive.1881 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart II. v. 240 Without imperilling the floatage power of the timber. 4. The part of a ship above the water-line. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] cage1555 cage-worka1618 dead-work1653 quick-work1711 floatage1839 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship III. xli. 248 The whole of her floatage was above water. 1847 Illustr. London News 24 July 59/1 Nine inches more of floatage are required. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626
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