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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
- Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast.
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Noun:
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
- 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.
- nautical|obsolete A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide.
- nautical A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- nautical A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
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Proper noun:
- A former prison in London, which originally stood near the stream.
- The stream that ran where Fleet Street now runs.
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Verb:
- nautical|obsolete To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
- nautical To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; esp. to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- obsolete To float.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy
- To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of
- To take the cream from; to skim.
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