Flote
//fləʊt// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wave. obsolete
"Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe, And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote Bound ſadly home for Naples, Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt, And his great perſon periſh."
Verb
- 1 simple past of flite. form-of, past
- 2 To fleet; to skim.
"seald their Milk before they flote it"
Example
More examples"Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe, And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote Bound ſadly home for Naples, Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt, And his great perſon periſh."
Etymology
Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).
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