Definition of Fleams

1. Noun. (plural of fleam) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fleams

1. fleam [n] - See also: fleam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleams

fleabags
fleabane
fleabanes
fleabite
fleabites
fleabitten
fleaborne
fleahopper
fleahoppers
fleak
fleaker
fleakers
fleaking
flealike
fleam
fleams (current term)
fleamy
fleapit
fleapits
flearidden
fleas
fleasome
fleawort
fleaworts
flecainide
flecainide acetate
fleche
fleches
flechette
flechettes

Literary usage of Fleams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1777)
"... of the ancient volcano, penetrated by the hot fleams of ... very well baked and burnt at Naples, they are mollified again by the acid fleams into a ..."

2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Sa. a chev. betw. three fleams arg. Company of BARBERS, London, temp. Henry VI; Cotton. ¡IS. Tiberius D 10, fo. 808. Fleur-de-lis Az. a chev. or betw. in ..."

3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Ermine, two surgeon's fleams in saltire gules —TYTHERLEY, Hants. ... Argent, a chevron gules between three fleams ..."

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