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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_122403" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_122403" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the [[Fleet]] (now filled up). </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To move or change in position; - said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft. </p> <p> '''(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. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n. & a.) To sail; to float. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - said of a cable or hawser. </p> <p> '''(13):''' ''' (''' v. i.) [[Swift]] in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. </p> <p> '''(14):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; - said of a tackle. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40140" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40140" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60130" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60130" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> FLEET, in English names, denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or a river as in Fleet-street, North-flete, Fleet-prison. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:53, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
1 Kings 9:26-27 1 Kings 10:22Ezion-GeberSailors and NavigationShips
King James Dictionary [3]
FLEET, in English names, denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or a river as in Fleet-street, North-flete, Fleet-prison.
