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Fleet-books
Fleet-books. These books contain the original entries of marriages solemnized in the Old Fleet Prison from 1686 to 1754, but are not, it is said, admissible in evidence to prove a marriage, for they were not made under public authority. But perhaps on a question of pedigree, they ae evidence to show the name by which a woman passed when she was married there. The books are now deposited in the office of the Registrar-General, pursuant to the (English) Non-Parochial Registers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92), ss. 6, 23, Taylor on Evid., s. 1430; Hubback on Succession, p. 510....
Fleeting
Passing swiftly away not durable transient transitory as the fleeting hours or moments...
Fleetingly
In a fleeting manner swiftly...
Fleetly
In a fleet manner rapidly...
Fleetness
Swiftness rapidity velocity celerity speed as the fleetness of a horse or of time...
Fleet
Fleet [fr. fleot, Sax., an estuary], a place where the tide flows, a creek, or inlet of water, hence Northfleet, Purfleet; also a company of ships or navy; also a prison in London (so called from a river or ditch formerly in its vicinity), now abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 22....
flat foot
A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground also the deformity usually congential exhibited by such a foot splayfoot...
Footed
Having a foot or feet shaped in the foot as a footed candlestick...
Footing
Ground for the foot place for the foot to rest on firm foundation to stand on...
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