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FLEE'TING-DISH, n. A skimming bowl. [Local.]
FLEE'TING, ppr. 1. Passing rapidly; flying with velocity. 2. a. Transient; not d...
FLEE'TFOOT, a. Swift of foot; running or able to run with rapidity.
FLEET, in English names, denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or...
FLEE'RING, ppr. Deriding; mocking; counterfeiting an air of civility.
FLEE'RER, n. a mocker; a fawner.
FLEER, v.i. 1. To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in cont...
FLEE'CY, a. 1. Covered with wool; woolly; as a fleecy flock. 2. Resembling wool ...
FLEE'CING, ppr. Stripping of money or property by severe demands of fees, taxes ...
FLEE'CER, n. One who strips or takes by severe exactions.
FLEE'CED, pp. Stripped by severe exactions. FLEE'CED , a. Furnished with a fleec...
FLEECE, n. flees. [L. vellus, from vello, to pluck or tear off.] The coat of woo...
FLEE, v.i. 1. To run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to has...
FLEDG'ING, ppr. Furnishing with fethers for flight.
FLEDG'ED, pp. Furnished with fethers for flight; covered with fethers.
FLEDGE, a. flej. Feathered; furnished with fethers or wings; able to fly. His lo...