Definition of fleet

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Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

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Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To sail; to float.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting..
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver..
Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..
Reenforce :: Reenforce (v. t.) To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet..
Toss :: Toss (v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean..
Flotilla :: Flotilla (n.) A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels..
Forward :: Forward (a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
Fleetings :: Fleetings (n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
Storey :: Storeship (n.) A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like..
Fleetingly :: Fleetingly (adv.) In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
Flote :: Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim.
Headmost :: Headmost (a.) Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet..
Prefect :: Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person..
Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Rear :: Rear (n.) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest..
Position :: Position (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position..
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