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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fley.

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Examples

  • 'It fleys folk fine an' stirs up their conscience graund.

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

  • Ye gang aboot it an 'aboot it, an' at last ye come sae near leein 'that gin ye spak anither word, ye wad be at it; and it jist fleys (frights) me frae speirin' ae ither question at ye.

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • _for_ begynnysse to _read_ dost l. 26, _for_ in _read_ owt of l. 27, _for_ on _read_ yn ll. 28-30, _are_ Ne yn they met, feys, ne fleys.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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