Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
fleem . - noun See
fleam .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To banish; to drive out; to expel.
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- verb obsolete To
drive away , chase off; tobanish . - noun obsolete One who is
banished ; anexile ;outcast ;fugitive .
Etymologies
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From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman ("to put to flight, drive away, banish"), from flēam ("flight").
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From Middle English, from Old English flīema ("fugitive, exile, outlaw").
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Examples
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[Footnote 3: Fleming; banishing? from _fleme_, A.S. to banish.] [Footnote 4: "Helleflight," as given in the translation, p. 178.] *****
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_ Coloquinthe; _The wilde and fleme-purging Citrull
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
bilby commented on the word fleme
Run away!
May 15, 2018