Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fleetest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fleet \Fleet\, a. [Compar. {Fleeter}; superl. {Fleetest}.] [Cf.
Icel. flj?tr quick. See {Fleet}, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in
going from place to place; nimble.

In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
--Milton.

2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
[Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.


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