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fleyed

fleyed is the simple past and past participle of fley.

Meaning of fley

Verb

fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
    • The Jack O'Lanthron was among the reeds again last night, and some of my neighbours are sore fleyed.1860, James Phillips Kay, Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be frightened.

Questions about fleyed

What is fleyed the simple past and past participle of?
Fleyed is the simple past and past participle of fley.

Words near fleyed in the dictionary

  1. flexus
  2. flexwing
  3. flexwings
  4. flexy
  5. fley
  6. fleyed
  7. fleying
  8. fleys
  9. fleyshik
  10. fleyshiks
  11. fleysome

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