<adj.all> fleet of foot the fleet scurrying of squirrels a swift current swift flight of an arrow a swift runner
Fleet \Fleet\, v. t. [AS. fl[=e]t cream, fr. fle['o]tan to float. See {Fleet}, v. i.] To take the cream from; to skim. [Prov. Eng.] --Johnson.
Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. {Fleeter}; superl. {Fleetest}.] [Cf. Icel. flj[=o]tr quick. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. --Milton.
2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
Fleet \Fleet\, n. [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fle['o]t ship, fr. fle['o]tan to float, swim. See {Fleet}, v. i. and cf. {Float}.] A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
{Fleet captain}, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fleet \Fleet\, v. t. 1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. --Spenser.
2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. --Shak.
3. (Naut.) (a) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. --Totten. (b) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.
We got the long ``stick'' . . . down and ``fleeted'' aft, where it was secured. --F. T. Bullen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Fleet \Fleet\, n. [AS. fle['o]t a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. --Matthewes.
2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
{Fleet parson}, a clergyman of low character, in, or in the vicinity of, the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents.
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.]
And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. --Spenser.
2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The fleet commander, Adm.
Rathbone watched the fleet of Mercedes drawing up outside Central.
Operating a fleet of four such vehicles, the study says, would bring down the cost of putting a satellite into low Earth orbit from $10,803 a pound to $440. The study estimated that building a prototype of the SSX would be $1.6 billion.
It claims the goal of a fleet fuel economy average of 40 mpg by the year 2001, a 40 percent increase, is not achievable without forcing consumers to buy much smaller cars.
General Motors Corp. spokesman Dave Hudgens said today he had no immediate comment on fleet or retail prices.
Clearly, the Honda Accord will be a rival if company fleet managers can be convinced a Honda really is British.
One group that has more than curiosity at stake is the U.S. tuna fleet, which mostly sails out of San Diego.
The carrier, with a fleet of 88 Boeing-737 model aircraft, is scheduled to take on 10 new 737-300s this year, and to receive an additional nine in 1989.
In February, British Airways gave its fleet of Concorde jets a clean bill of health after safety checks following the discovery of small cracks in the roof structure of one plane.
The Navy has been the big winner in the military buildup of recent years, moving toward a 600-ship fleet including 15 aircraft-carrier battle groups.
The New Democrats would bring the troops home and cancel Mulroney's $6.5 billion plan to acquire Canada's first fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
Paul Hanley, a fleet spokesman, and Capt.
In recent years, the smugglers began distributing Moroccan hashish, using a fleet of small speedboats.
The average short-term trailer fleet was 14 per cent ahead, with utilisation maintained at 83 per cent. The size of the contract hire fleet, which contributes 40 per cent of revenue, had been maintained.
The average short-term trailer fleet was 14 per cent ahead, with utilisation maintained at 83 per cent. The size of the contract hire fleet, which contributes 40 per cent of revenue, had been maintained.
The Teamsters won an election among the fleet service agents in 1981 but a new vote was ordered last year because of of USAir's subsequent purchases of several smaller carriers.
Panamanians still wait by the harbor and watch the horizon, looking for the proverbial U.S. fleet to sail in.
The supreme commander of the Soviet fleet, Adm.
Asiana, South Korea's second-largest airline after Korean Air, currently operates a fleet of 10 737-400s and two 737-500s, all under lease.
In addition it must maintain its pledge to reduce its fleet and dispose of assets, such as the Meridien hotels chain. Previous restructuring at Air France has failed miserably, often due to the resistance of the airline's 14 trade unions.
Pan Am had gates, takeoff and landing slots and a fleet, but no organization, operating certificate or trained employees for the shuttle when Mr. Nobles took the job.
The grounding of the shuttle fleet and the Titan 34D rocket, also after a 1986 failure, has left the Pentagon with a backlog of about 40 reconnaissance, communications, navigation and other military satellites to be launched.
The 19-plane expansion, with the lease of an additional plane in 1990, will double Alaska Air Group's MD-60 fleet to 40.
Brent Baker, another fleet spokesman.
The Navy plans to replace its aging fleet of A-6 planes with the A-12. The A-6, however, cost considerably less _ about $20 million each in 1986, prior to a halt in production.
But, of course, the last thing fleet managers who order cars like Laguna by the hundreds, even thousands, think about is the retail price.
That accident over Hawaii and other recent structural failures have focused public attention on the age of America's airplane fleet, currently estimated to average about 12.7 years.
Following the article, the International Airline Passengers Association, a travelers' advocacy group, called for the grounding of the DC-10 fleet.
Miller said 167 planes out of Eastern's fleet of 254 aircraft are currently inactive, parked on airport runways in Miami, Atlanta, Orlando, Fla. and New York.
American is upgrading its fleet, switching to larger aircraft on 12 flights to the Caribbean to increase its capacity.