| slovo | definícia |
fleet
(mass) | fleet
- kolóna |
fleet
(encz) | fleet,flotila Pavel Machek; Giza |
fleet
(encz) | fleet,kolona n: Zdeněk Brož |
fleet
(encz) | fleet,konvoj Zdeněk Brož |
fleet
(encz) | fleet,loďstvo n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fleet
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, v. t.
1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship
that fleets the gulf. --Spenser.
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2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth
and joy.
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Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the
time carelessly. --Shak.
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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.
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4. (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.
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fleet
(gcide) | fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
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Fleet
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] [Cf.
Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.
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In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.
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2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
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Fleet
(gcide) | 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.
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Fleet
(gcide) | 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.
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Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fleet
(gcide) | 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.
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Together wove we nets to entrap the fish
In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes.
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2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a
stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
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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.
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fleet
(wn) | fleet
adj 1: moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying
of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an
arrow"; "a swift runner" [syn: fleet, 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; "The
hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit,
flutter, fleet, dart]
2: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass] |
FLEET
(bouvier) | FLEET, punishment, Eng. law, Saxon fleot. A place of running water, where
the tide or float comes up. A prison in London, so called from a river or
ditch which was formerly there, on the side of which it stood.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fleet
(mass) | fleet
- kolóna |
a fleeting glance
(encz) | a fleeting glance,zběžný pohled Zdeněk Brož |
fleet
(encz) | fleet,flotila Pavel Machek; Gizafleet,kolona n: Zdeněk Brožfleet,konvoj Zdeněk Brožfleet,loďstvo n: Zdeněk Brož |
fleet admiral
(encz) | fleet admiral, |
fleet ballistic missile submarine
(encz) | fleet ballistic missile submarine, n: |
fleetest
(encz) | fleetest,nejrychlejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleeting
(encz) | fleeting,pomíjivý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleeting,prchavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleetingly
(encz) | fleetingly,pomíjivě adv: Zdeněk Brožfleetingly,prchavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
fleetingness
(encz) | fleetingness, |
fleetly
(encz) | fleetly, |
fleetness
(encz) | fleetness,prchavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fleets
(encz) | fleets,flotily n: pl. Zdeněk Brožfleets,letky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Center of a fleet
(gcide) | center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Fleet
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, v. t.
1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship
that fleets the gulf. --Spenser.
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2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth
and joy.
[1913 Webster]
Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the
time carelessly. --Shak.
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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.
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4. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] [Cf.
Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.
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In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.
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2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Together wove we nets to entrap the fish
In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes.
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2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a
stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
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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.
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fleet
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, v. t.
1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship
that fleets the gulf. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth
and joy.
[1913 Webster]
Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the
time carelessly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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4. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] [Cf.
Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.
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In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.
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2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish
In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes.
[1913 Webster]
2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a
stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
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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.
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Fleet
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, v. t.
1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship
that fleets the gulf. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth
and joy.
[1913 Webster]
Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the
time carelessly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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4. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] [Cf.
Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.
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In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.
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2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish
In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes.
[1913 Webster]
2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a
stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
[1913 Webster]
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.
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Fleet captain
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Fleet parson
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish
In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes.
[1913 Webster]
2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a
stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
[1913 Webster]
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.
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fleeted
(gcide) | fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
[1913 Webster]
All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
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Fleeten
(gcide) | Fleeten \Fleet"en\, n.
Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.]
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Fleeten face, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e.,
blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you
fleeten face." --Beau. & Fl.
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Fleeten face
(gcide) | Fleeten \Fleet"en\, n.
Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.]
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Fleeten face, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e.,
blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you
fleeten face." --Beau. & Fl.
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Fleeter
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] [Cf.
Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.
[1913 Webster]
In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
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Fleetest
(gcide) | Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] [Cf.
Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.
[1913 Webster]
In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.
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2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
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Fleet-foot
(gcide) | Fleet-foot \Fleet"-foot`\, a.
Swift of foot. --Shak.
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fleeting
(gcide) | fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
the fleeting hours or moments.
Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.
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Fleeting
(gcide) | fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), 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.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
the fleeting hours or moments.
Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.
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Fleetingly
(gcide) | Fleetingly \Fleet"ing*ly\, adv.
In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
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Fleetings
(gcide) | Fleetings \Fleet"ings\, n. pl.
A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.]
--Wright.
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Fleetly
(gcide) | Fleetly \Fleet"ly\, adv.
In a fleet manner; rapidly.
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Fleetness
(gcide) | Fleetness \Fleet"ness\, n.
Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the
fleetness of a horse or of time.
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Mosquito fleet
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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battle fleet
(wn) | battle fleet
n 1: a fleet of warships prepared for battle |
count fleet
(wn) | Count Fleet
n 1: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943 |
fleet
(wn) | fleet
adj 1: moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying
of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an
arrow"; "a swift runner" [syn: fleet, 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; "The
hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit,
flutter, fleet, dart]
2: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass] |
fleet admiral
(wn) | fleet admiral
n 1: an admiral of the highest rank [syn: fleet admiral,
five-star admiral] |
fleet ballistic missile submarine
(wn) | fleet ballistic missile submarine
n 1: a submarine carrying ballistic missiles |
fleet street
(wn) | Fleet Street
n 1: a street in central London where newspaper offices are
situated
2: British journalism |
fleeting
(wn) | fleeting
adj 1: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance";
"fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of
things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn:
fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary] |
fleetingness
(wn) | fleetingness
n 1: the property of lasting for a very short time [syn:
ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness] |
fleetly
(wn) | fleetly
adv 1: in a swift manner; "she moved swiftly" [syn: swiftly,
fleetly] |
fleetness
(wn) | fleetness
n 1: rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot" |
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