| Fleet (fleet) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Fleet |
| [imp. & p.
p. Fleeted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Fleeting.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS.
fleó]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to
flow, OS. fliotan, OHG |
To sail] to float.
To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to
hasten; to flit as a light substance.
To slip on the whelps or
the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or
hawser.
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To
pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that
fleets the gulf.
To hasten over; to cause to pass away
lighty, or in mirth and joy.
To draw
apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
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Swift in motion; moving with
velocity; light and quick in going from place to place;
nimble.
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating
deep, as soil.
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A number of vessels in
company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of
a country, etc.
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A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary;
a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet
Street in London.
A former prison in London, which
originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled
up).
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| Fleet (fleet) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Fleet |
| [AS. fl***emacr]t
cream, fr. fleótan to float. See Fleet,
v. i.] |
To take the cream from; to skim.
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To move
or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted
aft.
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To
move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of
fleet aft the crew.
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