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phleme

phleme is the archaic form 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 phleme

pluralphlemes

Questions about phleme

What is phleme the archaic form of?
Phleme is the archaic form of fleam.

Words near phleme in the dictionary

  1. phlegmy
  2. Phlegra
  3. Phlegyas
  4. phleichrome
  5. phleixanthophyll
  6. phleme
  7. phlemes
  8. phleomycin
  9. phleomycine
  10. phleomycines
  11. phleomycins

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