To Fleet

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