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tted, making the verb transitive. [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak. Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18. So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak.

rn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. Milton.

Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. Spenser.

Without a fleece.

One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. Prynne.

Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. "Fleecy flocks." Prior.

Obs. pl. of Flea. Chaucer.

One who flees. Ld. Berners.

One who fleers. Beau. & Fl.

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.

Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette soufflé.

k are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.