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In a fleering manner.

To sail; to float. [Obs.] And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. Spenser.

Swift of foot. Shak.

Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.] Fleeten face, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e., blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you fleeten face." Beau. & Fl.

Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.] Wright.

In a fleet manner; rapidly.

Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.

The sleeve below the elbow.

Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil. Hence, in the plural:

A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a churc…

An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.

A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc.

A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.

Merry; gay; joyous. Shak.

est or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks Shak.

A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.

To glisten; to gleam. [Obs.] Prior.

Merry; joyous; gleeful.