"flote" meaning in English

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          "text": "Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet\n (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe,\n And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote\n Bound ſadly home for Naples,\n Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt,\n And his great perſon periſh.",
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          "roman": "volná",
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          "text": "seald their Milk before they flote it",
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        "To fleet; to skim."
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          "text": "Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet\n (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe,\n And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote\n Bound ſadly home for Naples,\n Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt,\n And his great perſon periſh.",
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