"Flotilla" is a word in ENGLISH
A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.
The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.
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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
Read the complete definitionA naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The …
Read the complete definitionarmáda - (Sp. armada) Navy, fleet, squadron, warships, (cf. sakayán, sakayán-áway).
Read the complete definitionA fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Read the complete definitionAcross the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
Read the complete definitionIn old English law, a baton, club, or staff. A term applied to officers of the wardens of the prison …
Read the complete definitionTo keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Read the complete definitionA captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.
Read the complete definitionA familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.
Read the complete definitionA vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, …
Read the complete definitionOne of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Read the complete definitionTo separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from …
Read the complete definitionThat which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on …
Read the complete definitionOne of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
Read the complete definitionAn arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.
Read the complete definitionLiable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.
Read the complete definitionA prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new …
Read the complete definitionThe vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.
Read the complete definitionA’ feathered or fleet arrow. CoweU
Read the complete definitionLight; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
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