(See quots.)

That which swims or floats. Obsolete. rare.

In intransitive senses of the verb. spec. (a) a dead body found floating in water (U.S. slang); (b) a golf-ball capable of floating on water; (c) a…

The ‘shell’ or whole rind of the fruit dried and excavated, used as a water-bottle, float, rattle, etc. Cf. calabash, n.

absol. passing into n. Something that floats or may be floated.