(dialectal, obsolete outside of place names) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek. / (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

(obsolete, intransitive) To float. / (transitive, intransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place. / (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

(Yorkshire) Obsolete form of flet (“house, floor, large room”).

Untried or inexperienced. / Emergent or rising.

A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings). / An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.

The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability. / The quality of having options.

(masonry) In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that each course consists of alternate bricks having their short sides (headers) and long sides (stretchers) facing outwards, with alternate courses being offset.

An Irish music festival with competitions for the best performance on various instruments.

Passing quickly; of short duration.