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FLEET , a word in all its significances, derived from the See also:root of the verb " to fleet," from 0. Eng. fleotan, to See also:- FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal form f eotan; the Teutonic root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. " fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to sail, Lat. pluere, to rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus, wave, is not connect
float or flow, which ultimately derives from an Indo-See also:European root seen in Gr. irM€Lv, to See also:sail, and See also:Lat. pluere, to See also:rain; cf. Dutch oliessen, and Ger. fliessen. In See also:English usage it survives in the name of many places, such as Byfleet and See also:Northfleet, and in the Fleet, a stream in See also:London that formerly ran into the See also:Thames between the bottom of Ludgate See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and the See also:present Fleet See also:Street. From the See also:idea of " float " comes the application of the word to See also:ships, when in See also:company, and particularly to a large number of warships under the supreme . command of a single officer, with the individual ships, or See also:groups of ships, under individual and sub-See also:ordinate command. The distinction between a fleet and a See also:squadron is often one of name only. In the See also:British See also:navy the various See also:main divisions are or have been called fleets and squadrons indifferently. The word is also frequently used of a company of fishing vessels, and in fishing is also applied to a See also:row of See also:drift-nets fastened together. From the See also:original meaning of the word " flowing " comes the adjectival use of the word, See also:swift, or speedy; so also " fleeting," of something evanescent or fading away, with the idea of the fast-flowing See also:lapse of See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time.
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