| slovo | definícia |
flee
(mass) | flee
- fled/fled, utiesť |
flee
(msas) | flee
- fled, fled |
flee
(msasasci) | flee
- fled, fled |
flee
(encz) | flee,flee/fled/fled v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
flee
(encz) | flee,uprchnout v: |
flee
(encz) | flee,utéci v: |
flee
(encz) | flee,utéct v: |
flee
(encz) | flee,utíkat v: |
Flee
(gcide) | Flee \Flee\ (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled (fl[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle['o]n
(imperf. fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan,
G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye,
Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. [thorn]liuhan. [root]84. Cf.
Flight.]
To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed
or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This
is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
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[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
--Shak.
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Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi.
18.
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So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak.
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Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use
fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost
speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?"
--Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.
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flee
(wn) | flee
v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
flee
(mass) | flee
- fled/fled, utiesť |
fleece
(mass) | fleece
- ovčia vlnafleece
- bunda |
fleet
(mass) | fleet
- kolóna |
flee
(msas) | flee
- fled, fled |
flee
(msasasci) | flee
- fled, fled |
a fleeting glance
(encz) | a fleeting glance,zběžný pohled Zdeněk Brož |
flee
(encz) | flee,flee/fled/fled v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladflee,uprchnout v: flee,utéci v: flee,utéct v: flee,utíkat v: |
fleece
(encz) | fleece,rouno n: webfleece,vlna n: [text.] ovčí vlna mamm |
fleeceable
(encz) | fleeceable, adj: |
fleeced
(encz) | fleeced,počesávaný adj: Zdeněk Brožfleeced,rounovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleecer
(encz) | fleecer, |
fleeciness
(encz) | fleeciness,huňatost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fleecing
(encz) | fleecing, |
fleecy
(encz) | fleecy,chundelatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleecy sky
(encz) | fleecy sky,beránky Zdeněk Brož |
fleeing
(encz) | fleeing,útěk n: Zdeněk Brožfleeing,utíkající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flees
(encz) | flees,uniká 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 |
golden fleece
(encz) | Golden Fleece, |
flee/fled/fled
(czen) | flee/fled/fled,fledv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladflee/fled/fled,fleev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
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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Fleece
(gcide) | Fleece \Fleece\ (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle['o]s; akin to
D. flies, vlies.]
1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other
similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or
animal, at one time.
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Who shore me
Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece.
--Milton.
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2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
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3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the
doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
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Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep.
Golden fleece. See under Golden.
[1913 Webster]Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleecing.]
1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
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2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially
by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions
and exactions.
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Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them,
the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller.
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3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.
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Fleece wool
(gcide) | Fleece \Fleece\ (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle['o]s; akin to
D. flies, vlies.]
1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other
similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or
animal, at one time.
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Who shore me
Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece.
--Milton.
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2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
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3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the
doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
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Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep.
Golden fleece. See under Golden.
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Fleeced
(gcide) | Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleecing.]
1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
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2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially
by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions
and exactions.
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Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them,
the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller.
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3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.
[1913 Webster]Fleeced \Fleeced\, a.
1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced.
--Spenser.
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2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
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Fleeceless
(gcide) | Fleeceless \Fleece"less\, a.
Without a fleece.
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Fleecer
(gcide) | Fleecer \Flee"cer\, n.
One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or
fraund. --Prynne.
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Fleecing
(gcide) | Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fleecing.]
1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
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2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially
by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions
and exactions.
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Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them,
the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller.
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3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.
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Fleecy
(gcide) | Fleecy \Flee"cy\, a.
Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. "Fleecy
flocks." --Prior.
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Fleeing
(gcide) | Flee \Flee\ (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled (fl[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle['o]n
(imperf. fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan,
G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye,
Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. [thorn]liuhan. [root]84. Cf.
Flight.]
To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed
or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This
is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
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[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
--Shak.
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Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi.
18.
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So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak.
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Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use
fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost
speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?"
--Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.
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fleen
(gcide) | fleen \fleen\ (fl[=e]n), n. pl.
Obs. pl. of Flea. --Chaucer.
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Fleer
(gcide) | Fleer \Fleer\, v. t.
To mock; to flout at. --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]Fleer \Fleer\, n.
1. A word or look of derision or mockery.
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And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn.
--Shak.
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2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.]
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A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
--South.
[1913 Webster]fleer \fle"er\ (fl[=e]"[~e]r), n.
One who flees. --Ld. Berners.
[1913 Webster]fleer \fleer\ (fl[=e]r), [imp. & p. p. fleered (fl[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. fleering.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr,
Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre,
vlarre, a wide wound.]
1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to
deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and
flout.
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To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. --Shak.
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2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]
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Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear
baiting. --Latimer.
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fleer
(gcide) | Fleer \Fleer\, v. t.
To mock; to flout at. --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]Fleer \Fleer\, n.
1. A word or look of derision or mockery.
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And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn.
--Shak.
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2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.]
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A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
--South.
[1913 Webster]fleer \fle"er\ (fl[=e]"[~e]r), n.
One who flees. --Ld. Berners.
[1913 Webster]fleer \fleer\ (fl[=e]r), [imp. & p. p. fleered (fl[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. fleering.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr,
Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre,
vlarre, a wide wound.]
1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to
deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and
flout.
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To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. --Shak.
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2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]
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Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear
baiting. --Latimer.
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fleered
(gcide) | fleer \fleer\ (fl[=e]r), [imp. & p. p. fleered (fl[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. fleering.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr,
Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre,
vlarre, a wide wound.]
1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to
deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and
flout.
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To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. --Shak.
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2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]
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Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear
baiting. --Latimer.
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fleerer
(gcide) | fleerer \fleer"er\ (fl[=e]r"[~e]r), n.
One who fleers. --Beau. & Fl.
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fleering
(gcide) | fleer \fleer\ (fl[=e]r), [imp. & p. p. fleered (fl[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. fleering.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr,
Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre,
vlarre, a wide wound.]
1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to
deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and
flout.
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To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. --Shak.
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2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]
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Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear
baiting. --Latimer.
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fleeringly
(gcide) | fleeringly \fleer"ing*ly\, adv.
In a fleering manner.
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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.
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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.
[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.
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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.
[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.
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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.
[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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