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To sail; to float. |
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To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to
flit as a light substance. |
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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. |
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To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth
and joy. |
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To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. |
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To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or
windlass, as a rope or chain. |
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Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble. |
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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. |
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A former prison in London, which originally stood near a
stream, the Fleet (now filled up). |
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To take the cream from; to skim. |
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