FLEAM
FLEAM, nounIn surgery and farriery, a sharp instrument used for opening veins for letting blood.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FLEAWORT
FLE'AWORT, noun A plant.
FLECK
FLECK,FLECK'ER, verb transitiveTo spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.[These words are obsolete or used only in ...
FLECKER
FLECK'ER, v.t.To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.[These words are obsolete or used only in poetry.]
FLECTION
FLEC'TION, noun [Latin flectio.] The act of bending, or state of being bent.
FLECTOR
FLEC'TOR, noun A flexor, which see.
FLED
FLED, preterit tense and participle passive of flee; as, truth has fled
FLEDGE
FLEDGE, adjective flej.Feathered; furnished with fethers or wings; able to fly.His locks behind, illustrious on his shoulders, fledge with wings, lay waving round.FLEDGE, verb t...
FLEDGED
FLEDG'ED, participle passive Furnished with fethers for flight; covered with fethers.
FLEDGING
FLEDG'ING, participle present tense Furnishing with fethers for flight.
FLEE
FLEE, verb intransitive1. To run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to hasten from danger or expected evil. The enemy fled at the first fire.Arise, take the yo...
FLEECE
FLEECE, noun flees. [Latin vellus, from vello, to pluck or tear off.]The coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.FLEECE, verb transitive1. To shear off a covering or growth ...
FLEECED
FLEE'CED, participle passive Stripped by severe exactions.FLEE'CED, adjective Furnished with a fleece or with fleeces; as, a sheep is well fleeced
FLEECER
FLEE'CER, noun One who strips or takes by severe exactions.
FLEECING
FLEE'CING, participle present tense Stripping of money or property by severe demands of fees, taxes or contributions.
FLEECY
FLEE'CY, adjective1. Covered with wool; woolly; as a fleecy flock.2. Resembling wool or a fleece; soft; complicated; as fleecy snow; fleecy locks; fleecy hosiery.
FLEER
FLEER, verb intransitive1. To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; as, to fleer and flout.Covered with an antic face,To fleer...
FLEERER
FLEE'RER, noun a mocker; a fawner.
FLEERING
FLEE'RING, participle present tense Deriding; mocking; counterfeiting an air of civility.
FLEET
FLEET, in English names, denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or a river; as in Fleet-street, North-flete, Fleet-prison.FLEET, noun [Fleet and float seem to be a...
FLEETFOOT
FLEE'TFOOT, adjective Swift of foot; running or able to run with rapidity.
FLEETING
FLEE'TING, participle present tense1. Passing rapidly; flying with velocity.2.adjective Transient; not durable; as the fleeting hours or moments.
FLEETING-DISH
FLEE'TING-DISH, noun A skimming bowl. [Local.]
FLEETLY
FLEE'TLY, adverb Rapidly; lightly and nimbly; swiftly.
FLEETNESS
FLEE'TNESS, noun Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as the fleetness of a horse or a deer.
FLEMING
FLEM'ING, noun A native of Flanders, or the Low Countries in Europe.
FLEMISH
FLEM'ISH, adjective Pertaining to Flanders.