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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A group of vessels or vehicles.
2. (obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German fleet
3. Any group of associated items.
4. (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
5. (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
6. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

Verbit

1. (obsolete) To float.
2. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of
3. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy
4. (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
5. (nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
6. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
7. To take the cream from; to skim.

Adjektiivit

1. (literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast.
2. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.