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Definition: laying out
Floating
\Float"ing\, n.
1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See
Floating threads, above.
[1913 Webster]
2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fattening,
plumping, and
laying out.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]