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buoyance|ˈbɔɪəns, bwɔɪ-|
[f. buoyant: see -ance.]
1. = buoyancy. (poet. or rhetorical.)
1821Lockhart Valerino III. iii. 86 The words..produced I know not what of buoyance and of emotion. 1833H. Coleridge To Nautilus in Q. Rev. XLIX. 520 Leap along with gladsome buoyance.
2. A contrivance for imparting buoyancy to boats.
1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 39 The side buoyance can be taken out and repaired..Punt, fitted with buoyance, if swamped not to sink. |