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(1):

(v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.

(2):

(v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

(3):

(v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

(4):

(v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

(5):

(v. i.) To move or change in position; - said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.

(6):

(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.

(7):

(v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

(8):

(v. t.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.

(9):

(v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

(10):

(n. & a.) To sail; to float.

(11):

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

(12):

(n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - said of a cable or hawser.

(13):

(v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

(14):

(v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

(15):

(v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; - said of a tackle.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fleet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fleet.html. 1828.
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