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afleat, afleet, afleit, fleat, fleet, fleeter, fleit,
fleet [flit]
n. A fleet. The number of driftnets shot by one boat.
adj. Swift, easy to deal with manageable.
v. To float, to flow. To flood, inundate.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
afleet [əˈ-]: adv. Afloat.
fleeter: A flat-edged wooden utensil for skimming a pot of liquid.
ower fleet: To overflow.
flanch, flansh, fleech, fleechin, fleechin$, fleetch, fleetched, fleetchin, fleetcht, fleich, fleichin, fleitch, fleitched, fleitchin, flietch, flinch, flinsh,
fleetch [flitʃ]
n. Flattery.
v. To coax, wheedle, flatter, to beseech, entreat, importune.
pt. pp. fleetcht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fleetchin [ˈflitʃɪn]: Supplicating, wheedling.
flaig, fleeg, fleegit, fleg, flegg, flegged, fleggit, fleg-oot, flegsome, flegsum, flehg, fleig, fleigit, flig, fligsom,
fleg [flɛg, flɪg, fləig, NN. flig]
n. A fright, a scare, terror.
v. To frighten, scare, to put to flight. Totake fright, to be scared. Of illness or stormy weather etc.: to dispel, to cause to disappear.
pt. pp. fleggit adj. Frightened, scared.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fair fleggit: Terrified.
fleg-oot: SW. To swoon.
flegsome [-səm]: Fearsome.
fleem, fleemin, fleemit, fleim, fleimin, fleimit, flem$t, fleme, fleme$t, flemin, flemit,
fleme [flim]
v. To banish, exile, expel, put to flight.
pt. pp. flemit, fleme't adj. Chased away, driven away.
 
Compounds and phrases etc
 
flemin: Banishing, exiling, etc.
flench, flinch,
flench [flɛnʃ]
v. To flinch. Of weather: to be unreliable. To give a deceitful promise of improvement.
flesch, flescher, flesh, fleshes, fleshie, fleshy, fleysh, hen$s_flesh,
flesh [flɛʃ]
n. Flesh, meat. Butcher meat.
pl. fleshes Carcases.
 
fleshy
adj. Fleshy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
flesher [ˈflɛʃər]: A butcher.
hen's flesh: Goose pimples.
flaet, flat, flatlins, flattie, flet, fletlins, flett, flettie,
flet [flɛt]
n. A floor or storey of a house. A broad, flat piece of arable land. A saucer.
adj. Flat. comp. fletter superl. flettest.
dim. flettie NN.a. A small plate.
v. To pour tea into one's saucer. To flatten.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fletlins [ˈflɛtlɪnz]: adj. Flat, flatly, horizontally, at full length.
fleth$rin, flether, fletherer, fletherin, fletherin$, flethers,
flether [ˈflɛðər, ˈfleːðər]
n. pl. flethers Flattery, fair words.
v. To flatter, wheedle, cajole.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fletherin [ˈflɛðərɪn, ˈfleːðərɪn]: Scattering, wheedling.
fleuk, fleukie, fleuk-mou$d, fleuk-mou$t, fleuk-moued, flookie, flouk, flouk-mou$d, fluek, fluik, fluk, fluke, flukie, plash_fleuk, plash_fluke, prain_fluke, prawn_fleuk, rodden, splash_fleuk, splash_fluke, white_fleuk, white_fluke,
fleuk [fl(j)uk, C. fløk]
n. The flounder Platichthys flesus, sometimes a similar flatfish.
dim. fleukie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bannock fleuk: SEC. The turbot Scophthalmus maximus.
bastart fleuk: SN. The brill Scophthalmus rhombus.
beggar fleuk: MN. The flounder Platichthys flesus.
bunnet fleuk: EC. The brill Scophthalmus rhombus.
craig fleuk: NEC. The flounder Platichthys flesus.
fleuk-moued: Having a crooked mouth.
gless fleuk: MN. The megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
gray fleuke: NEC. MN. The common dab Limanda Limanda.
gunner fleuk: NEC. The turbot Scophthalmus maximus
lang fleuk: NEC. The common dab Limanda Limanda.
plash fleuk, plashock fleuk: WC. SEC. MN. The plaice Pleuronectes platessa.
prawn fleuk: SW. The flounder Platichthys flesus.
rawn fleuk: EC. MN. The turbot Scophthalmus maximus.
roch back fleuk: MN. The common dab Limanda Limanda or long rough dab Hippoglossoides platessoides.
rodden fleuk: EC. SN. MN. The turbot Scophthalmus maximus or MN. brill Scophthalmus rhombus.
sail-fleuk: I.Ork. The megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
saund fleuk: EC. SN. MN. The lemon sole Microstomus kitt.
sautie fleuk, sautie EC. SN. MN. The common dab Limanda Limanda.
siller fleuk: MN. The brill Scophthalmus rhombus, SN. witch flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus or megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
sole fleuk: MN. The lemon sole Microstomus kitt.
tabaccae fleuk: SN. MN. The lemon sole Microstomus kitt.
white fleuk: MN. A Findhorn name for the black-backed flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
flewit,
flewit [ˈfluɪt]
n. A sharp blow, stroke, cuff or slap.

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