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Vapor :: Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting..

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..

Swiftfoot :: Swiftfoot (a.) Nimble; fleet.

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

Rear :: Rear (n.) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest..

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

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..

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..

Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..

Flighty :: Flighty (a.) Fleeting; swift; transient.

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

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

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

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

Headmost :: Headmost (a.) Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) An army or fleet.

Position :: Position (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position..

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..

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

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