Note E294 — 49.
Reading edition
To fleet or skim the cream is a verb still in use in East Anglia, and the utensil used for the purpose is termed a fleeting-dish. "I flete mylke, take away the creame that lyeth above it whan it hath rested."—Palsgr. "Esburrer, to fleet the creame potte; laict esburré, fleeted milk; maigne, fleeted milke or whaye."—Hollyband's Treasurie. "Ye floted too nie" = you skimmed off too much of the cream.