Dictionary entry

Fleet (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. Mortimer.