ˈfleeten, a. Obs.
[Altered form of flotten, assimilated to fleet v.2]
1. (See flotten.)
2. Of the colour of skimmed milk. In quot. contemptuously of the face.
c 1618 Fletcher Q. Corinth iii. i, You know where you are you fleeten face. |
3. quasi-n. The adj. used absol. Skimmed milk.
1864 in Webster. |