Fleabane
(Flea"bane`) n. (Bot.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas.
They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.
Flea-beetle
(Flea"-bee`tle) n. (Zoöl.) A small beetle of the family Halticidæ, of many species. They have
strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine
(Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.
Flea-bite
(Flea"-bite`) n.
1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.
Flea-bitten
(Flea"-bit`ten) a.
1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; — said of the color of a horse.
Fleagh
(Fleagh) obs. imp. of Fly.
Fleak
(Fleak) n. A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.]
Little long fleaks or threads of hemp.
Dr. H. More. Fleaking
(Fleak"ing), n. A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching
houses. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Flea-louse
(Flea"-louse`) n. (Zoöl.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species. That
of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.
Fleam
(Fleam) n. [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum, phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See Phlebotomy.]
(Surg. & Far.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.
Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight.
Fleamy
(Fleam"y) a. Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.]
Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain.
Marston. Flear
(Flear) v. t. & i. See Fleer.
Fleawort
(Flea"wort`) n. (Bot.) An herb used in medicine named from the shape of its seeds. Loudon.
Flèche
(||Flèche) n. [F. flèche, prop., an arrow.] (Fort.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming
a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.
Fleck
(Fleck) n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.
Fleck
(Fleck) n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.] A spot; a
streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow.
Life is dashed with flecks of sin.
tennyson.
