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Flote

//fləʊt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    simple past of flite. form-of, past
  2. 2
    To fleet; to skim.

    "seald their Milk before they flote it"

Etymology

Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).

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