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Definition fleam

Etymology 1

From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a 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”).

Noun

fleam (plural fleams)

  1. A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.

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”).

Noun

fleam (plural fleams)

  1. (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
  2. (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it

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AFLAME 13
FEMALE 13
FLAMBE 16
FLAMED 14
FLAMEN 14
FLAMER 13
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FLEA 8
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LEAF 8
MALE 8
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ELM 7
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