upfloat

English

Etymology

up- +‎ float

Verb

upfloat (third-person singular simple present upfloats, present participle upfloating, simple past and past participle upfloated)

1. (intransitive, poetic) To float upward.
   • 1881, Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Sonnets at the English Lakes, page 26:

     The Robin whistles, gossamers upfloat