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phleam

phleam is the archaic spelling of fleam.

Meaning of fleam

Noun (1)

fleam (plural fleams)

  1. A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
    • A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse

Noun (2)

fleam (plural fleams)

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

Forms of phleam

pluralphleams

Questions about phleam

What is phleam the archaic spelling of?
Phleam is the archaic spelling of fleam.

Words near phleam in the dictionary

  1. phizzog
  2. phizzogs
  3. Phl.
  4. phlaeothripid
  5. phlaeothripids
  6. phleam
  7. phleams
  8. phlebalgia
  9. phlebectomies
  10. phlebectomy
  11. phlebioid

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