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Forward :: Forward (a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet..

Flotilla :: Flotilla (n.) A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..

Toss :: Toss (v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean..

Transient :: Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure..

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service..

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages..

Evanescent :: Evanescent (a.) Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy..

Fleet-foot :: Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot.

Fleeten :: Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.

Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

Prefect :: Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person..

Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

Flit :: Flit (v. i.) To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along..

Armada :: Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558..

Navarch :: Navarch (n.) The commander of a fleet.

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