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fleak
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli?k/
Noun
fleak (plural fleaks)
- (obsolete) A flake; a thread or twist.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
- […] that all the businesses of Men do very much depend upon these little long fleaks or threds of Hemp and Flax.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
Anagrams
- Flake, flake
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fleam
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a Proto-Germanic source (compare Old Saxon fl?ma, Old High German fliotuma, fliodema, Old English fl?tme, fl?tme (“fleam, lancet”)), borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (phlebotómon). Compare French flamme, Dutch vlijm, German Fliete, Danish flitte (“fleam”). Doublet of phlebotome.
Alternative forms
- phleam (archaic)
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
- A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
- A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
Hypernyms
- (sharp instrument): lancet
Derived terms
- fleam saw
- fleam tooth
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fleem, flem (“the rushing of water; current”), probably from Old English fl?am (“fleeing; flight; rush”), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“stream; current; flood”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; flow; run”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk flaum (“flood”).
Alternative forms
- fleem
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
- (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
- (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it
Related terms
- fleme (verb)
Anagrams
- femal, flame
Latin
Verb
fleam
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of fle?
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flaumaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flæ???m/
Noun
fl?am m
- escape, flight
Declension
Derived terms
- fl?ema
- t?fl?am
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