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

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

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

Signal :: Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..

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

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

Fleeting :: Fleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee.

Storey :: Storeship (n.) A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like..

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

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

Fugacious :: Fugacious (a.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.

Fleet :: Fleet (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..

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

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

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

Swiftfoot :: Swiftfoot (a.) Nimble; fleet.

Evanescent :: Evanescent (a.) Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys..

Forward :: Forward (a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet..

Indicative :: Indicative (a.) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc..

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

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