What is bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. The water under me was buoyant. Dryden called?
buoyant — Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. The water under me was buoyant. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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