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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, v. i. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as the crew fleeted aft. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet"\, v. t. (Naut.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as of fleet aft the crew. We got the long ``stick'' . . . down and ``fleeted'' aft, where it was secured. --F. T. Bullen. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. {Fleeter}; superl. {Fleetest}.] [Cf. Icel. flj?tr quick. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. --Milton. 2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, n. [OE. flete, fleote, AS fle['o]t ship, fr fle['o]tan to float, swim. See {Fleet}, v. i. and cf {Float}.] A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also the collective naval force of a country, etc {Fleet captain}, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeted}; p. pr & vb n. {Fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS fliotan OHG. fliozzan G. fliessen Icel. flj[=o]ta to float, flow, Sw flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr ? to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail. [root]84. Cf {Fleet}, n. & a., {Float}, {Pluvial}, {Flow}.] 1. To sail; to float. [Obs.] And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. --Spenser. 2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton. 3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, v. t. 1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of as a ship that fleets the gulf. --Spenser. 2. To hasten over to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. Many young gentlemen flock to him and fleet the time carelessly. --Shak. 3. (Naut.) a To draw apart the blocks of -- said of a tackle. --Totten. b To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, n. [AS. fle['o]t a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name -- as Fleet Street in London. Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes. 2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). {Fleet parson}, a clergyman of low character, in or in the vicinity of the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, v. t. [AS. fl[=e]t cream, fr fle['o]tan to float. See {Fleet}, v. i.] To take the cream from to skim. [Prov. Eng.] --Johnson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fleet adj : moving very fast "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" [syn: {swift}] n 1: group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership 2: group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership 3: a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership 4: a group of warships organized as a tactical unit v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [syn: {flit}, {flutter}, {dart}] 2: disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: {evanesce}, {fade}, {blow over}, {pass off}, {pass}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Fleet, VA Zip code(s): 23511
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