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flote

(fləʊt)

(Nautical Terms) a flotilla; a fleet

vb (tr)

to skim (e.g. milk)

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Flote

a fleet or flotilla; a company or troop; a herd of cattle; a shoal of fish.

Examples: flotes of people, 1647; great flote of dolphins, 1603.

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The Ark no more now flotes, but seems on ground Fast on the top of som high mountain fixt.

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