Read full poem →So deep, as he did then death's waters sup,
But that the cork of title buoy'd him up.
Dictionary Entry
A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. buoybuoy bellbuoy mooringbuoy breechesbuoy markerbuoy redbuoy life
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Poetry examples for “buoy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"It's the bell, my son, out in the bay
On the buoy. It does sound sweet to-day."
Read full poem →My prayers I scarcely call to pray.
I cannot buoy my heart above;
Above I cannot entrance win.
Read full poem →Through the velvety wind V-winged
To the nest's nook I balance and buoy
With a sweet joy of a sweet joy,
Read full poem →are all sounded; therefore there are no proper triphthongs. In
buoy and queen, tu is a consonant.
Read full poem →Remark 1.—There are no triphthongs in which the vowels are
all sounded; therefore there are no proper triphthongs. In buoy
and queen, wis a consonant.
Read full poem →With whistling winds and music of the waves, the large imperious waves,
Or some lone bark buoy’d on the dense marine,
Where joyous full of faith, spreading white sails,