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<hw>Fleet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fl&emac;t</ets> cream, fr. <ets>fle\'a2tan</ets> to float. See <er>Fleet</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To take the cream from; to skim.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fleeten</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleet"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fleeted or skimmed milk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Fleeten face</col>, <cd>a face of the color of fleeten, <it>i. e.</it>, blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you <i>fleeten face<i>."</cd></cs>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

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<hw>Fleet"-foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Swift of foot.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Fleet"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; <as>as, the <ex>fleeting</ex> hours or moments</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Evanescent; ephemeral. See <er>Transient</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Fleet"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fleeting manner; swiftly.</def>

<h1>Fleetings</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleet"ings</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.</def> <mark>[prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Fleetly</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleet"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fleet manner; rapidly.</def>

<h1>Fleetness</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleet"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; <as>as, the <ex>fleetness</ex> of a horse or of time</as>.</def>

<h1>Fleigh</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleigh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Fly</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Fleme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fl&emac;man</ets>, <ets>fl&ymac;man</ets>.]</ety> <def>To banish; to drive out; to expel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Appetite <i>flemeth discretion</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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