sand-floated

[ sand-floh-tid ]

/ ˈsændˌfloʊ tɪd /

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adjective Building Trades.

noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.

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But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.
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There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
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When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.
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The theory was first floated in the 1950s by Professor Homer Dubs of Oxford University.
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By that logic however, Carol is also being floated as a possible casualty of the episode.
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Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
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You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.
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Then, as he neared the room, a sound of music floated out to meet him— Tony was singing to his own accompaniment.
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Her last words floated back from the depths of the corridor; a clock was striking and she had pattered off hastily.
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The unfinished phrases floated, but dared not come to earth; they gathered but remained undelivered.
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