fleeted

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fleeted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fleeted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. fleeting.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS.
     fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS.
     fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to
     float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr.
     plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
     [root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
     1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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              And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
        as a light substance.
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              All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
              Dissolved on earth, fleet hither.     --Milton.
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     3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
        or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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     4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
        as, the crew fleeted aft.
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