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

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

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

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

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..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

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..

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..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up)..

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

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

Refit :: Refit (v. i.) To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit..

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

Flotilla :: Flotilla (n.) A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..

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

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

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

Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

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