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Show FL' attendanc of a cance is eommonl with wings, and flee, pldan, to rur away To ru They are now confounded. from danger; to have recourfe to fhelter a breaking out all over the body, likea feabiting Wifeman's Surgery 2. A {mall hurt or pain like that caufed b the fting of a flea Were men {o dull they could not fe That Lyce painted; fhould they fe Harwvey The fame expence that break _is nota fleabiting to another Fre/asrrren Like fimple birds into a net one man's back L Efirange Waller So grofly woven and ill fet None of us fall into thofe circumftances of danger adj. [ flea and bite. want, or pain, that can have hopes of relie from God alone; none in all the world to fl 1. Stung by fleas 2 Mean; worthlefs Giving account of the annual increaf Both of their lambs and of their woolly fecce Hubberd's Tale So many days my ewes have been with young *So many months ere I fhall fheer the fecce. Shake/ Cleaveland TLrak. v. a. [from floccus, Latin Se ¥Frake. A {mall lock,thread, or twift The bufineffes of men depend upon thefe littl long Aeaks or threads of hemp and flax I am fhepherd to another man Shake/p And donot fheer the feeces that I graze Sailors have ufed every night to hang fleeces o More's Antidote againft Atheifi z /. [corrupted from @aciropmor the inftrument ufed in phlebotomy. and they have crufhed frefh water out of them i Bacon's Natural Hiftory the morning The fheep will prove much to the advantage o cattle, which i b the woolle a blow Tre'aworT. 7. /. [ fea and aworr.] A plant Miller «. a. [ fleck German a {pot Skinmer: perhaps it is derived from feak -or fleke, an old word for a grate, hurdle or any thing made ofparts']aid tran{verfe Arom the Ilandick fake. 'To fpot; t ftreake ; to ftripe ; to dapple; to varie finenefs o th Swift fo that the Courts of juftice have a fmall penfion are tempted to take bribes, and to flecce the people Addifon Frercep. adj. [from flecce. ] Having fleece of wool As when two rams Both fleck'd with white, the true Arcadian firain Dryden To FLe/ckER v. @. [from fleck. 'To fpot Their horned fronts fo fierce on either fid Do meet, that with the terror of the fhoc Aftonied both ftand fenfelefsas a block. Fairy Queen FLer/cy. adj. [from fleece. Not all the feecy wealt That doth enrich thefe downs is worth a though to mark with red whelkes To that my errand The grey-ey'd morn fmiles on the frowning night, Check'ring the eaftern clouds with ftreaks of light; Of Libra, to the fleecy ftar, that bear Andromeda far off Atlantic feas. Milton's Par. Lof From forth day's path, and ‘Titan's burning wheels. Shakefpeare Let her glad valleys fmile with wavy corn Let fleecy flocks her rifing hills adorn Prior The good thepherd tends his feecy care Seeks frefheft pafture, and the pureft air Frep. The preterite and participle; notproperly of /%, to ufe the wings, but of ‘hand \ In vain for life he to the altar fled Ambition and revenge have certain fpeed adj [ federen Full-feathered; abl leave the neft E/ Prior to fly, Dutch. tofly qualified t Explores the loft, the wand'ring theep directs. Pope 702 FLEER. @. » [pleanbian, to trifle Saxon; feardasm, Scottith. Skinuer thinks it formed from Zeer. 1. To mock; to gibe folence and contempt Herbert Alluftrious on his (houlders, fedge with wings Milton's Paradife Loft Zo ¥LEDGE v. @ [from the adjeitive. To furnifh with wings; to fupply wit feathers The birds were not as yet fedged enough to thif clean.sh data import.tsv out README for themfelves L'Efirange's Fables The fpeedy growth of birds that are hatched i nefts, and fed by the old ones, till they be fedged and come almoft to full bignefs in about a fortnight, feems to me an argument of Providence Ray The fandals of celeftial mould Fledg'd with ambrofial plumes, and rich with gold FLe'ErRER 7 /. [from fleer. a fawner Freer. Freor. Fror from the Saxon pleot A mocker Dis Are all derive which fignifies Gibfor's Camden bay or gulph ‘ Freet. /. [ploza, Saxon.] A compan of fhips; a navy Our pray'ss are heard; our mafter's feet fhall g As far as winds can bear, or waters flow Freer. n / arm of th water. the Flee Prior [pleoz, Saxon, an eftuary, o fea.] A creck; an inlet o provincial word, from whic prifon and Fleet-ftreet ar named They have a very good way:i Effex of drainin lands that have land-floods or feets running throug them, which make a kind of a fmall creek Mortimer's Hyfbandry FresT. adj. [ fiotur, Hlandick. 1. Swift of pace quick nimble adtive Upon that fhore he fpied Atin ftand There by his mafter left, when late he far' In Phedria's feet bark Fairy Queen I take him for the better dog Thou art a fool: if Echo were as feet 1 would efteem him worth a dozen fuch. Shakefp He had in his ftables one of the fleere/? horfes i Clarendun England His fear was greater than his hafte For fear, though feerer than the wind Hudibras Believes 'tis always left behind So fierce they drove, their courfers were {o ez That the turf trembled underneath their feet. Dryd He told us that the welkin would be clea When fwallows ffec# foar high and {port in air. Gay 2. [In the hufbandry of fome provinces. Light ; fuperficially fruitful Marl cope-ground is a cold, ftiff; wet clay, unlef where it is very fleet for patture 3. Skimming the furface Mortimer's Hufb Cant word Mortimer Thofé lands muft be plowed Aeer 7% FLE®T. @. 7. [flocan, Saxon. 1. To fly {wiftly; to vanith How all the other paffions fee? to air As doubtful thoughts, and rath embrac'd defpair Shakefpear A wolf, who, hang'd for:human flaughter Ev'n from the gallows did his fell foul feet. Shake/p 2. To be in a tranfient ftate; the fame wit S Our underftanding, to make a complete notion muft add fomething elfe to this feeting and un remarkable fuperficies, that may bring it to our ac Digby on Bodies quaintance O fleeting joy Of Paradife, dear bought with lafting woe! Milton While Tliften to thy voice iChloris'! I feel my life decay That powerful noif «Calls my fleeting foul away As empty clouds by rifing winds ae toft Waller Their feeting forms fcarce fooner found than k}?' That is no feering tell-tale. Shake/p. Fulins Cafar His locks behind Surround her feet to jeft with in- You fpeak to Cafca, and to fuch a ma We did fin " "The fhells of fedge fouls left behind Lax waving round Miltoy From eaftern poin And darkne(s fecker'd, like a drunkard, reel Jlee, to run away. Truth is fed far away, and leafing is hard a Woolly 5 co vered with wool to mark with ftrokes or touches of different colours ftirr'd with ambitious pride Fight for the rule of the rich feeced flock Nor the grey morning from the ocean rife. Sandys Fleck'd 1n her face, and with diforder'd hair Her garments ruffled, and her bofom bare. Dryden ZoFree th b 90 FLeECE. w. a. [from the noun. 1. 'To clip the fleece offa theep z. 'To ftrip; to pull; to plunder, as a thee is robbed of his wool Let it not fee the.dawning feck the fkies FLEVGE manufacture fleeces _gate towards the water wool-on the fides of their thips A placed on the vein, and then drive 9o FLECK wleefe Dutch.] As much wool as is fhorn fro one fheep With the tame woolpack clergy by their fide inftrument ufed to blee #. /. [glyr, gler, S.axon FLEECE Of clerks and elders ana, like the rud Chaos of Prefbyt'ry, where laymen guide Fream Tillotfon but him Fleabitten {ynod, an affembly brew' bu to South ture to betray him Behold, this city is near to flee unto. Gen. xix, 2 Shakefpeare. Macduffis #ed to England A gout, a cholick, a cutting off an arm or leg, o fearing the fleth, are but fleadires to the pains of th foul warn him, before they give him a ca® of their na propely to fy, pleogan, few, is fo mov t. Red marks caufed by fleas Th PL FL Pope's Ody[fey @, n pret. fed. - [This word 1 wow almoft univerfally written fiy, thoug 2 riot Dares the flav 470 FLEET. @ Come hither, cover'd witb an antick face 1 1. To tkim the water To,fleer and fcorn at our folemnity Shakepeare Who.fwelling fails in Cafpian fea doth crofs Do I, like the female tribe And in frail wood an Adrian gulph doth fleet Think it well to_fecr and gibe Sawift Doth not, I ween, fo many evils_ meet, I"aig}f Quiesn To leer ; to grie with an dir of civility How popular and courteous; how they grin an Meer upon every.an they meet "~ Burton Freer z 4. [from the verb. 1. Mocker exprefled either in word tooks And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable feorns That dwell in every region‘of his face. Shakefpeare 2. A deceitful grin of civility He fhall generally fpy fuch falfe lines, and fuc upo the fac Many young gentlemen flock to him every day and feet the time carelefly as they did in the golde Shakefpeare age To fkim milk; t take off the cream: whence the wor | fleeting difh or| 3. [In the country. Encave yourfelf a- fly treacherous flee 2. 'To live merrily, or pafs time away lightly of deceivers that he fhall be fute to have a caft of their eye t FLe'sTINGDISH, 2. /. [from fleet and difb. A fkimming bowl FLe'eTry adv [from jfleet. nimbly ; with fwift pace Swiftly FLE/ETNESS, 7 /o [from fleer.] Swiftnefs o courf |