A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
South.
Fleer"er (?), n. One who fleers. Beau. & Fl.
Fleer"ing*ly, adv. In a fleering manner.
Fleet (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeting.] [OE.
fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fleÛtan to swim, float; akin to D.
vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. fljta
to float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. &?; to
sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail. √84. Cf. Fleet, n. &
a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.] 1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
Spenser.
2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light
substance.
All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on
earth, fleet hither.
Milton.
3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or
windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Fleet, v. t. 1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a
ship that fleets the gulf. Spenser.