Part 4373

<blockquote>Little long <b>fleaks</b> or threads of hemp. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fleaking</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleak"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Flea-louse</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flea"-louse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A jumping plant louse of the family <spn>Psyllid\'91</spn>, of many species. That of the pear tree is <spn>Psylla pyri</spn>.</def>

<h1>Fleam</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>flamme</ets>, OF. <ets>flieme</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>flevotomum</ets>, <ets>phlebotomum</ets>; cf. D. <ets>vlijm</ets>. See <er>Phlebotomy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg. & Far.)</fld> <def>A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.</def>

<cs><col>Fleam tooth</col>, <cd>a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Fleamy</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleam"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bloody; clotted.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.]</mark>

<blockquote>Foamy bubbling of a <b>fleamy</b> brain. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flear</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flear</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Fleer</er>.</def>

<h1>Fleawort</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flea"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb used in medicine (<spn>Plantago Psyllium</spn>), named from the shape of its seeds.</def>

<i>Loudon.</i>

<h1>Fl\'8ache</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fl\'8ache</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fl\'8ache</ets>, prop., an arrow.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.</def>

<h1>Fleck</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Martin.</i>

<h1>Fleck</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>flekkr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>fl\'84ck</ets>, D. <ets>vlek</ets>, G. <ets>fleck</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>flitch</ets>.]</ety> <def>A spot; a streak; a speckle.</def> "A sunny <i>fleck</i>."

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<blockquote>Life is dashed with <b>flecks</b> of sin. <i>tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fleck</h1> <Xpage=569>