A large cone-shaped buoy, floated over sands, shallows, etc., and usually painted of a definite colour for purposes of recognition. (Formerly called…

a buoy carrying a mast; = spar-buoy n. at spar, n.1 compounds 2.

A buoy which is circular in the middle and tapering to each end.

In other uses. (See quot. 1769.)

(under-, prefix1 affix 2b(b).)

a buoy equipped with a warning light, esp. one which flashes intermittently, intended to aid navigation.

a buoy with a bell.

(see quot. 1883).

a buoy incorporating a gaslight, used for giving guidance to ships.

Of inanimate things: see whistle, v. 3.

A white buoy used in herring fisheries. Obsolete. rare.

A buoy having something attached which gives out a singing sound.

= gas buoy n.