To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
To flee, to escape, to speed away.
To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
To move or change in position.
To take the cream from; to skim.
To evanesce, disappear, die out.
Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
A large, coordinated group of people.
Any group of associated items.
A group of vessels or vehicles.
To cause to pass quickly.
To pass by quickly and more or less close or away.
To make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound.
To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
To kill by gun, to shoot.
A homicide by shooting.
A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
A gun.
Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close.
Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head).