ppl. a. [f. FLOAT v. + -ED1.] That floats or is floated.
1799. Cowper, Castaway, 25.
| Some succour yet they could afford; | |
| And such as storms allow, | |
| The cask, the coop, the floated cord | |
| Delay’d not to bestow. |
b. esp. Of a field, tract of country, etc.: Flooded, inundated, irrigated. Cf. FLOTEN.
1675. Evelyn, Terra (1729), 42. It [water] is, of all other Substances, best disposed for Ingression, to insinuate into, and fertilize the Earch, which is the reason that floated and irriguous Grounds are so pregnant.
1735. Somerville, The Chace, IV. 170.
| O’er floated Meads, o’er Plains with Flocks distain’d | |
| Rank-scenting, these must lead the dubious Way. |
1799. T. Wright, Art Floating Meadows, 15. Floated meadows not only require no manure from the farm-yard, but liberally encourage the plough, by affording an annual extra supply of manure.
c. Plastering. (see FLOAT v. 16 a.)
1823. P. Nicholson, Pract. Build., 373. Lathing, floating, and set, consists of lathing and covering with a coat of plaster, which is pricked up for the floated work.
1842. Gwilt, Encycl. Archit., Gloss., Floated lath and plaster, plastering of three coats. Ibid. Floated Work, plastering rendered perfectly plane by means of a Float.
