1 FLOT
n. [fljóta], the fat, grease, esp. from cooked meat, Fms. i. 36, Sd. 163, Dipl. iii. 4, v. 18: in the phrase, sjaldan hefi eg flotinu neitað, Ísl. Þóðs. i. 437.
                        2 FLOT
II. afloat, only in the phrases, á flot, with the sense of motion, ‘setting’ afloat, Fms. vi. 249; á floti, ‘being’ afloat; vera á floti, Hm. 155, Fms. vii. 287, Grág. ii. 357, N. G. L. i. 45.