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A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] Halliwell. His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover. Pepys.

Slight snow; sleet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

of this image was advanced, and a solemn supplication observed everry year. Bp. Stillingfleet.

ded with dark, heavy clouds. -- Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Totten. -- White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. Totten.

fixed in a purpose or opinion. "I will stand to it, that this is his sense." Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contrast, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word. (d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. "Their lives and fortunes were put in s…

A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.

A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.

ied halls, invade. Pope. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath Gray.

Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.

the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. Stillingfleet.

Loss; damage; injury. [Obs.] A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet. Shak.

Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James i. 19. Swift of dispatch and easy of access. Dryden. And bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pet. ii. 1.…

Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag.

In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif.

ized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet.

To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. Hudibras.

lting one at other's breast. Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt. Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the Pope.

ons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b). A fleet . . . with an aggregate tonnage of 60,000 seemed sufficient to conquer the world. Motley.

e upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship. [Written also top hamper.] All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered with tophamper, so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that they could bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable winds. Motley.

To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak. To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. -- To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.