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n.
A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.
n.
Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.
v. i.
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
a.
Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.
v. t.
To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
n.
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.
a.
Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by sportsmen.
n.
Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
v. i.
A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.
adv.
In a fleet manner; rapidly.
imp. & p. p.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
Fleeted or skimmed milk.
n.
That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
a.
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
v. i.
A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
a.
Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.
superl.
Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
adv.
In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
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