Afloat \A*float"\, adv. & a. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as, the decks are afloat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Afloat \A*float"\ ([.a]*fl[=o]t"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + float.]

1. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

On such a full sea are we now afloat. --Shak.

2. Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.

3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)