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Webster 1913 Edition


Fleak

Fleak

(flēk)
,
Noun.
A flake; a thread or twist.
[Obs.]
Little long
fleaks
or threads of hemp.
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fleak

FLEAK

, A lock. [See Flake.]

Definition 2024


fleak

fleak

English

Noun

fleak (plural fleaks)

  1. a flake; a thread or twist
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
      "... that all the businesses of Men do very much depend upon these little long fleaks or threds of Hemp and Flax."