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Catamaran

A kind of raft or float consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together and moved by paddles or sail

Careen

To cause a vessel to lean over so that she floats on one side leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line

Breastwheel

height of the wheel being kept in contact with it by the breasting The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse partly by its weight

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Balsa

A raft or float used principally on the Pacific coast of South America

Balloon

silk or other light material and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air so as to rise and float in the atmosphere especially one with a car attached for aeumlrial navigation

lien

or encumbrances of the same general category but not necessarily over those (as taxes) imposed by government sanction float·ing lien : a lien created in a security agreement against property owned by the debtor at the time

Sluiceway

specifically a trough constructed over the bed of a stream so that logs lumber or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery

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