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fleeten
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. Oxford English Dictionary
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flatten
▪ I. † ˈflatten, a. Obs. rare. [? var. of flotten.] 1. Of milk: ? Skimmed (in quot. app. stale, sour; perh. associated with flat a.).1593 Plat Jewell-ho. ii. 13 Soke..in broken beere, or flatten milk. 2. fig. = fleeten 2.a 1625 Fletcher Hum. Lieutenant iii. v, What a flatten face he has now..How lik... Oxford English Dictionary
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fleete
▪ I. fleet, n.1 (fliːt) Forms; 1 fléot, 3 fleote, 4–6 flete, 6–7 fleete, 6– fleet. [OE. fléot (? str. fem., as may be inferred from the early ME. form), recorded once in sense ‘ship, vessel’ (or collect. = means of sea-travel, boats or ships in general), f. fléotan fleet v. Cf. OE. flyte (? or fl{ya... Oxford English Dictionary
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