Group of warships

•To sail; to float.•To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.•To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.•To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.•To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.•To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.•To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.•Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.•Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.•A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.•A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.•A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).•To take the cream from; to skim.

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