Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLEET, v.t.

1. To skim the surface; to pass over rapidly; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. Spenser.
2. To pass lightly, or in mirth and joy; as, to fleet away time. [Not used.] Shak.
3. To skim milk. [Local, in England.] The verb in the transitive form is rarely or never used in America.