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Fleetingly :: Fleetingly (adv.) In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..

Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment..

Fleeten :: Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.

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

Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Van :: Van (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle..

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..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral..

Hypallage :: Hypallage (n.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, dare classibus austros, to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds..

Flit :: Flit (a.) Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.

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

Swift :: Swift (v. i.) Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.

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

Fleet-foot :: Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot.

Station :: Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

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..

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..

Navy :: Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company..

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