fleaked

Verb (1)

fleak (third-person singular simple present fleaks, present participle fleaking, simple past and past participle fleaked)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”).
   • [M]any of them made use of flint for knives, […] this flint is of no regular form, and if they can only obtain a part of it, an inch or two in length that will cut they are satisfyed, they renew the edge by fleaking off the flint by means of the point of an Elk's or deer's horn.1805 August 23, Meriwether Lewis, “[August 23d Friday 1805]”, in Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, edited by Gary E. Moulton, The Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark: Through the Rockies to the...

   Synonyms:

   flake

Verb (2)

fleak (third-person singular simple present fleaks, present participle fleaking, simple past and past participle fleaked)

1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) Synonym of fleck.
   • [Edward] Young's Satires have been quite eclipsed by the fame of his Night Thoughts; a work the sublimity and dark splendour of which is fleaked with the wit and fancy which were essential constituents of his mind.1854, James Hannay, “Lecture V. Political Satire and Squibs.—Burns.”, in Satire and Satirists. Six Lectures, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 201

   Synonyms:

   fleck

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