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Flote

Flote \Flote\, v. t. To fleet; to skim. [Obs.]
--Tusser.

Flote

Flote \Flote\, n. [Cf. F. flot, L. fluctus; also cf. Float, n.] A wave. [Obs.] ``The Mediterranean flote.''
--Shak.

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flote

Etymology 1 vb. (en-simple past of: flite). Etymology 2

n. (context obsolete English) A wave. Etymology 3

vb. To fleet; to skim.

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Flote

A flote is a woodworking tool used in the art of bowyery. Flotes are specialized, traditional hand tools that are used to shape the bow during the process of tillering.

Flotes appear on the arms of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers.

Usage examples of "flote".

Fatty Gilman floted the longest and then Beany becaus he was fat two and then Pewt and then Fatty Melcher and then me.

As he that striues to stop a suddein flood,And in strong banckes his violence enclose,Forceth it swell aboue his wonted mood,And largely ouerflow the fruitfull plaine,That all the countrey seemes to be a Maine,And the rich furrowes flote, all quite fordonne:The wofull husbandman doth lowd complaine,To see his whole yeares labour lost so soone,For which to God he made so many an idle boone.