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

Wing :: Wing (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle..

Flighty :: Flighty (a.) Fleeting; swift; transient.

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) An army or fleet.

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..

Fleetings :: Fleetings (n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.

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

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

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea..

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

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

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

Swiftness :: Swiftly (adv.) In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

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

Fleetness :: Fleetness (n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time..

Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet..

Navarch :: Navarch (n.) The commander of a fleet.

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

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

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