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Thought experiment by Ibn Sina
The floating man, flying man, or man suspended in air argument is a thought experiment by the Persian philosopher Ibn Sina (Avicenna) which argues for
Floating_man
Deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli
and the body. He based his investigation on the Floating Man argument where, he proposes, a man floating in the air or a vacuum where he cannot perceive
Sensory_deprivation
Computer approximation for real numbers
In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic on subsets of real numbers formed by a significand (a signed sequence of a fixed number of digits
Floating-point_arithmetic
Phrase of the philosopher René Descartes
to find fault with the principle. Another predecessor was Avicenna's "Floating Man" thought experiment on human self-awareness and self-consciousness. The
Cogito,_ergo_sum
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his famous "floating man"—literally falling man—a thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness
Avicenna
Hypothetical situation
allegory of the cave. Another historic thought experiment was Avicenna's "floating man" thought experiment in the 11th century. He asked his readers to imagine
Thought_experiment
Species of marine cnidarian
The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war or bluebottle, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific
Portuguese_man_o'_war
Island (natural or artificial) made of floating plants, mud, and peat
A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Sometimes referred
Floating_island
Log that has been floating in Crater Lake since at least 1896
has been bleached white due to photodegradation. The exposed end of the floating tree is splintered and worn but wide and buoyant enough to support a person's
Old_Man_of_the_Lake
IEEE standard for floating-point arithmetic
The IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is a technical standard for floating-point arithmetic originally established in 1985 by the
IEEE_754
Scientific and philosophical encyclopedia by Avicenna
him to be happy as the butcher was coming to slaughter him, and the sick man rejoiced. When Avicenna approached the prince with a knife in his hand, he
The_Book_of_Healing
American rapper and actor (born 1993)
that people need what they need to survive, but do I think there's a floating man with a blowout? No. Maybe a beaver. Maybe an aardvark. Maybe a body of
Vince_Staples
Philosophical thought experiment
brain Borg (Star Trek) Dream argument Evil demon Experience machine Floating man (Avicenna thought experiment) Human Brain Project Internalism and externalism
Brain_in_a_vat
1997 American film
Floating is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by William Roth and starring Norman Reedus. Van is a man who struggles set against a turbulent
Floating_(film)
2012 Chinese-Hong Kong film by Yim Ho
self-made man in a rapidly changing Hong Kong at the end of British Colonial rule. Exclaim! writer Robert Bell said "...the subject matter of Floating City
Floating_City
Unincorporated community in Florida, United States
waters' surface until removed by the community board. There is also a floating man-made dock, approximately 40 ft (12.2 m) from the shoreline, to which
Sanlando_Springs,_Florida
Internationally recognized means for obtaining help
ball or anything resembling a ball (round or circular in appearance) A floating man-overboard pole or dan buoy can be used to indicate that a person is in
Distress_signal
Group of fictional characters
order to send Anti-Eternia He-Man back to Anti-Eternia. In the Filmation series, Skeletor used dozens of these floating mechanical minions called Hover
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters
List_of_He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe_characters
British poet (born 1961)
Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for her first poetry collection, The Floating Man, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize for her second collection
Katharine_Towers
2010 single by Hot Chip
video quickly devolves into chaos, as a brilliantly glowing bald man in a robe, floating weightlessly, shows up to the concert, interrupting the crowd and
I_Feel_Better_(Hot_Chip_song)
Theory of knowledge in Islamic philosophy
developed the notion of knowledge by presence in the argument of the floating man. According to this argument, if we consider the I-ness of a human in
Knowledge_by_presence
1986 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono
An Artist of the Floating World
An_Artist_of_the_Floating_World
Floating market in Thailand
and costed ฿350 million. It is the only floating market in Pattaya and is the largest floating market on a man made body of water in the world. The market
Pattaya_floating_market
1959 Japanese film by Yasujirō Ozu
Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed and co-written by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II, Machiko
Floating_Weeds
Fictional storytelling device
A floating timeline (also known as a sliding timescale) is a device used in fiction, particularly in long-running comics and animation, in which characters
Floating_timeline
Arabic philosophical novel and allegorical tale written by Ibn Tufail
the title of one of his allegories and drawing inspiration from his Floating Man thought experiment, but transforming the subject's sensory deprivation
Hayy_ibn_Yaqdhan
Concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea
included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom-built floating islands. The Seasteading Institute says seasteads can "provide the means
Seasteading
British musician and producer
Samuel Thomas Shepherd (born 1986), known professionally as Floating Points, is a British electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. He is the founder
Floating_Points
In religion and philosophy, immaterial essence of a living being
final intellect. While he was imprisoned, Avicenna wrote his famous "Floating man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantial
Soul
in the castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his famous "Floating Man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality
Early_Islamic_philosophy
Irish actress (1903–1971)
"The Innocent Ceremony") - Mrs. Wingate The Root of All Evil? (1969, "Floating Man") - Mother (final appearance) Turleigh, Veronica (6 May 2026). "FamilySearch
Veronica_Turleigh
Philosophical tradition in Muslim culture
imprisoned in the castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his "Floating Man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality
Islamic_philosophy
Painting by René Magritte
White Mask'. The monster in the episode takes off his mask, and reveals a floating green apple covering his facial features. In the video game The Sims 4
The_Son_of_Man
2013 studio album by Thee Oh Sees
Floating Coffin is the fourteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 16, 2013, on Castle Face Records. The album
Floating_Coffin
Creature that preys on humans
A man-eating animal or man-eater is an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior. This does not include the scavenging
Man-eating_animal
2017 Marvel Studios film
Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios
Spider-Man:_Homecoming
1871 novel by Jules Verne
A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City (French: Une ville flottante), is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published
A_Floating_City
Concept in philosophy
infinitum. While he was imprisoned in a castle, Avicenna wrote his famous "floating man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality
Philosophy_of_self
2006 Russian film
Free Floating (Russian: Свободное плавание) is a 2006 Russian comedy film directed by Boris Khlebnikov. The film tells about a 20-year-old guy who lives
Free_Floating
Greek artist (1925–2019)
Lijn this year.[citation needed] In 1960, Takis moved on from floating nails to a floating man. At the Iris Clert Gallery in Paris, Takis set up a series
Panayiotis_Vassilakis
Indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru
and Peru. They live on a still-growing group of about 120 self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca near Puno. They form three main groups: the Uru-Chipaya
Uru_people
Solar panels mounted on a structure that floats
Floating solar or floating photovoltaics (FPV), sometimes called floatovoltaics, are solar panels mounted on a structure that floats. The structures that
Floating_solar
Floating power station
Westinghouse, Wärtsilä, and MAN; and by developers such as Smith Cogeneration, AES, GMR Vasavi, which operate floating power plants for customers located
Powership
2003 Hong Kong-French film by Carol Lai
The Floating Landscape is a 2003 romance film written and directed by Carol Lai and starring Ekin Cheng, Karena Lam and Liu Ye. A Hong Kong-French co-production
The_Floating_Landscape
Novel by Peter Straub
Floating Dragon is a horror novel by American writer Peter Straub, originally published by Underwood-Miller in November 1982 and G.P. Putnam's Sons in
Floating_Dragon
British TV anthology series (1968–1969)
Bloxham's Concerto for Critic and Carpenter (aired 15 December 1969) Floating Man (aired 22 December 1969) "TVBrain - Kaleidoscope - Lost shows - TV Archive
The Root of All Evil? (1968 TV series)
The_Root_of_All_Evil?_(1968_TV_series)
Moral philosophy or values of an individual
castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, wrote his famous isolated-but-awake "Floating Man" sensory deprivation thought experiment to explore the ideas of human
Conscience
2013 Polish drama film
Floating Skyscrapers (Polish: Płynące wieżowce) is a 2013 Polish drama film written and directed by Tomasz Wasilewski, and starring Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta
Floating_Skyscrapers
Floating-point number formats
Extended precision refers to floating-point number formats that provide greater precision than the basic floating-point formats. Extended-precision formats
Extended_precision
2013 film by Zack Snyder
Man of Steel is a 2013 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. Directed by Zack Snyder and written by David S. Goyer, who developed
Man_of_Steel_(film)
The following is a list of episodes for the 1980s animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. The following is a list of episodes of the television
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes
List_of_He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe_episodes
Type of wind turbine
A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where
Floating_wind_turbine
Public school in Cambridge, Minnesota , United States
floating man in the hallway". Bluejacket Student News. Retrieved March 29, 2025. Sweat, Zach (September 28, 2020). "Jordan Toovi From The "Floating Boy
Cambridge-Isanti_High_School
2023 fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson
kills anyone who is exposed to daylight; the planet's inhabitants live on floating cities, always fleeing from the dawn. Nomad is immediately captured by
The_Sunlit_Man
Annual experimental event in Nevada, US
Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the Western United
Burning_Man
American oceanographer (born 1943)
Scigliano, Eric; Curtis Ebbesmeyer (2009). Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized
Curtis_Ebbesmeyer
rumination and making the most of the export format that the original floating man was deprived of." He concluded his review by writing that "not only is
Plekzationz
Comic book superhero
Spider-Man 2099 is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi
Spider-Man_2099
One-Punch Man is a Japanese anime television series based on the webcomic of the same name written by One and its subsequent manga remake illustrated
List of One-Punch Man episodes
List_of_One-Punch_Man_episodes
Island country in Southeast Asia
it was nonetheless the largest dry dock in the world, the third-largest floating dock, and had enough fuel tanks to support the entire British navy for
Singapore
1937 novel
Found Floating is a 1937 detective novel by the Irish writer Freeman Wills Crofts. It is the sixteenth in his series of novels featuring Inspector French
Found_Floating
Market in Ratchaburi province, Thailand
Saduak Floating Market (Thai: ตลาดน้ำดำเนินสะดวก, RTGS: Talat Nam Damnoen Saduak, pronounced [tā.làːt náːm dām.nɤ̄ːn sā.dùak]) is a floating market in
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Damnoen_Saduak_Floating_Market
Children's picture book character
feather comes floating down to Forrest's feet and he stores it in this book. At the end of the film, it falls out of the book and rises floating through the
Curious_George
Floating-point number format by Microsoft
In computing, Microsoft Binary Format (MBF) is a format for floating-point numbers which was used in Microsoft's BASIC languages, including MBASIC, GW-BASIC
Microsoft_Binary_Format
2004 film by Tony Scott
to confront Kalfus at his house but finds the lawyer's beheaded corpse floating in the pool. He then confronts Samuel about his involvement with the kidnapping
Man_on_Fire_(2004_film)
2019 compilation album by Floating Points
Late Night Tales: Floating Points is a DJ mix album curated by Floating Points for Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 29 March
Late Night Tales: Floating Points
Late_Night_Tales:_Floating_Points
1931 collaborative detective novel
The Floating Admiral is a chain-written, collaborative detective novel written by fourteen members of the British Detection Club in 1931. The twelve chapters
The_Floating_Admiral
2025 American Disney Jr. superhero series
Iron Man and His Awesome Friends, also known as Marvel's Iron Man and His Awesome Friends, is a preschool animated series directed by Michael Dowding,
Iron Man and His Awesome Friends
Iron_Man_and_His_Awesome_Friends
Video game franchise
Pac-Man and his family help Santa Claus (voiced by Peter Cullen) after he crash lands in Pac-Land (after the reindeer were startled by the floating eyes
List_of_Pac-Man_video_games
Non-profit organization
2012. In the spring of 2013, TSI launched The Floating City Project. The project proposed to locate a floating city within the territorial waters of an existing
The_Seasteading_Institute
Surreal meme character
covers many popular internet memes Granata, Yvette (2019). "Meme Dankness: Floating Glittery Trash for an Economic Heresy". Post Memes. Brooklyn, NY: punctum
Meme_Man
1999 studio album by The Aquabats
The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death! is the third studio album from American band The Aquabats, released on October 26, 1999, on Goldenvoice Records
The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death!
The_Aquabats_vs._the_Floating_Eye_of_Death!
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
jacobin.com. Retrieved 28 June 2025. Gelles, David (13 November 2017). "Floating Cities, No Longer Science Fiction, Begin to Take Shape". The New York Times
Peter_Thiel
Topics referred to by the same term
man o' war, a floating marine animal found in the Atlantic that resembles a jellyfish Man o' war, alternate name for the magnificent frigatebird Man-of-war
Man_o'_war
2006 book by C. M. Kösemen
and has since then, per Kösemen himself, "had a life of its own as a PDF floating around the backwaters of the internet like a ghost ship". One of the common
All_Tomorrows
Boat used as a home
community on the southern side of Hong Kong Island, known as Aberdeen Floating Village. There was also one such community in the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter
Houseboat
Unknown Tiananmen Square protester
Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or the Unknown Rebel) is an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of
Tank_Man
Cast of American crime drama TV series
from the region. A young Jackie Aprile Sr. and Tony Soprano robbed his floating high-stakes card game, thereby solidifying their status as rising mobsters
List of The Sopranos characters
List_of_The_Sopranos_characters
American media franchise
presented as a floating childlike Trollan magician, often used for comic relief and as a point-of-view character for children. Not privy to He-Man's true identity
Masters_of_the_Universe
2006 studio album by Anathallo
"Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World)" – 4:57 "The Bruised Reed" – 6:04 "Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" – 1:14 "Hanasakajijii (Three: The Man Who Made Dead Trees Bloom)"
Floating World (Anathallo album)
Floating_World_(Anathallo_album)
Canadian actor (born 1964)
Weekly describing the film as "a postmodern road movie with a mood of free-floating, trance-like despair [...] a rich, audacious experience". The New York
Keanu_Reeves
English rock musician (born 1959)
began regular rehearsals in January 1976, Smith was still one of several floating members. Of their first "proper" rehearsal at St Edwards Church, Smith
Robert_Smith_(musician)
First woman in Māori mythology
the echoing cliff. She married Tiki, the first man, and gave birth to Hine-kau-ataata (woman floating in shadows). Craig R.D. (1989). Dictionary of Polynesian
Mārikoriko
classic Mega Man series. DLN-001 Mega Man, known in Japan as Rockman (ロックマン, Rokkuman) is the main protagonist of the original Mega Man series. Dr. Light
List_of_Mega_Man_characters
1934 Japanese film
A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukigusa monogatari) is a 1934 silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu; he remade it—in sound and color—in 1959, shortening
A_Story_of_Floating_Weeds
2022 film by Jordan Peele
websites during the 24 hours after it aired. A second poster showing a floating horse was released on March 1, 2022. Bloody Disgusting's John Squires said
Nope_(film)
Species of plant
Luronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the floating water-plantain. It is the only recognized species in the genus Luronium, native
Luronium
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
transmissions via equipment aboard the USNS Private Jose F. Valdez, a floating listening post that cruised the Indian Ocean for that purpose. After becoming
Che_Guevara
Two restaurants in Aberdeen, Hong Kong
(Chinese: 珍寶王國) consisted of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant (Chinese: 珍寶海鮮舫) and the adjacent Tai Pak Floating Restaurant (Chinese: 太白海鮮舫), which were
Jumbo_Kingdom
2009 film by James Cameron
post-production. According to production designer Dylan Cole, the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", were inspired mainly by karst limestone formations
Avatar_(2009_film)
Ship type
A floating restaurant is a vessel, usually a large steel barge or hulk, used as a restaurant on water. The Jumbo Kingdom, formerly located at Aberdeen
Floating_restaurant
German company
MAN SE into Traton, MAN Energy Solutions was sold to its parent company, Volkswagen. MAN Energy Solutions was renamed Everllence on 4 June 2025. MAN originated
Everllence
Cast of neo-Western crime media franchise
recurring images in the Season 2 flash-forwards of a burned pink teddy bear floating in Walter's pool. Shortly after the incident, Walter hears via his in-car
List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise
List_of_characters_in_the_Breaking_Bad_franchise
American comedian and podcast host (born 1984)
Madison Square Garden. During his set, he described Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage", and joked that "these Latinos, they love making babies
Tony_Hinchcliffe
1996 short story collection by Koji Suzuki
seven stories, and an extra plotline forming the prologue and epilogue. "Floating Water" (浮遊する水; Fuyū Suru Mizu) was adapted as Dark Water (2002) by Hideo
Dark Water (short story collection)
Dark_Water_(short_story_collection)
WWII British floating airfields
Lily and Clover were two experimental floating airfields tested towards the end of the Second World War by the British Admiralty. Based on a similar concept
Lily_and_Clover
Bangladeshi cinematographer
Maya (2013). Bachelor - 2004 Mad_e in Bangladesh - 2007 Aha! - 2007 The Floating Man - 2012 Mrittika Maya - 2013 National Film Awards চার দশকে আমাদের সেরা
Saiful_Islam_Badal
American actress (born 1974)
Rochlyn, Margy (November 4, 2007). "A Disney Princess, Not Winking but Floating". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved
Amy_Adams
Fictional location
a strange underground room filled with empty chairs gathered around a floating object. Harris, Alex (December 12, 2024). "Juice WRLD's 'Party By Myself':
The_Backrooms
American actor (born 1974)
What I honestly think about is the planet, not my specific spiritual soul floating around. I know that sounds slightly eco-boy, but I think about the idea
Leonardo_DiCaprio
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Floating, Revolution
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Gujarati, Indian
Floating
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Floating in Glory
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Australian, Danish, Greek, Latin
Flowing
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Flowing
Biblical
flowing
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Hindu
Floating, Revolution
Girl/Female
Tamil
Flowing
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Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Traditional
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Flowing
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi
Floating; Revolution
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Indian, Sanskrit
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Tamil
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Flowing, River
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Flowing
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Muslim
Flowing
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Biblical
Flowing.
Girl/Female
Greek
Flaming.
FLOATING MAN
FLOATING MAN
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Lamp of the Sky; Light of Universe
Male
French
French Arthurian Legend name probably GRINGOLET means either "white-hardy" or "handsome-hardy." This was the name of Sir Gawain's horse, famous for his ability in combat. He first appears in Chretien de Troyes's Erec and Enide where he is borrowed by Sir Kay for a joust against Sir Erec.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Binne, Old English Binna (of uncertain origin).Altered spelling of German and Swiss Binz.
Boy/Male
Indian
Of noble descent, Intelligent
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Countless
Girl/Female
Welsh
From the headland in the field.
Boy/Male
Italian
From the Tiber.
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, Jamaican, Latin
First Rose
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sampreet | ஸமà¯à®ªà¯à®°à®¿à®¤Â
Joy, Satisfaction, Delight
Girl/Female
Hindu
A common name given for all sweets, Generally it means sweet
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a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
n.
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.
n.
The science of floating bodies.
a.
Floating on the waves.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Float
adv.
In a floating manner.
a.
That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
n.
The state of floating.
a.
Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.
a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.
n.
Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
a.
Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
n.
Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle.
a.
Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
n.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
a.
Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
a.
That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.
n.
A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.
adv.
In a floating manner; swimmingly.
n.
The second coat of three-coat plastering.