Definitions
1.verbTo float.
2.verbTo pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of."a ship that fleets the gulf"
3.verbTo hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
4.verbTo flee, to escape, to speed away.
5.verbTo evanesce, disappear, die out.
6.verbTo move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
7.verb(of people) To move or change in position.
8.verbTo shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
9.verbTo cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
10.verbTo take the cream from; to skim.
11.adjectivePassing quickly; of short duration.