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fleying

fleying is the present participle and gerund 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 fleying

What is fleying the present participle and gerund of?
Fleying is the present participle and gerund of fley.

Words near fleying in the dictionary

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

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