FLOTATION PROCESS
Flotation process.
Defn: A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface, though, perhaps, having a greater specific gravity than those that sink.
FLOTE
Flote, v. t.
Defn: To fleet; to skim. [Obs.] Tusser.
FLOTE
Flote, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flot, L. fluctus; also cf. Float, n.]
Defn: A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." Shak.
FLOTERY
Flot"er*y, a.
Defn: Wavy; flowing. [Obs.]
With flotery beard. Chaucer.
FLOTILLA Flo*til"la, n. Etym: [Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet; akin to F. flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L. fluctus, but prob. influenced by words akin to E. float. See Fluctuate, and cf. Float, n.]
Defn: A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.