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On :: On (prep.) At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast..

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

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

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

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

Division :: Division (n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

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

Headmost :: Headmost (a.) Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet..

Patache :: Patache (n.) A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure..

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

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

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..

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

Rear :: Rear (n.) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest..

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

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort..

Armada :: Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558..

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..

Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment..

Pacha :: Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

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