What does "fleak" mean?
Synonym of flake.; A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.
Fleak
/fliːk/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Synonym of flake.; A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.
- Grammar: fleak is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: piece.
- Usage evidence: The uſes indeed of the forenamed Plants are ſo univerſall, and take place ſo in every affaire of Man, that if it vvere lavvfull to be a little merry in ſo ſerious a matter, a man might not unfittingly apply that verſe of the Poet [Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), book IV, 3-35] to this ſo generall a commodity; / Omnia ſunt homini tenui pendentia filo. / That all the buſineſſes of Men do very much depend upon theſe little long fleaks or threds of Hempe and Flaxa.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of flake.; A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach. dialectal
"The uſes indeed of the forenamed Plants are ſo univerſall, and take place ſo in every affaire of Man, that if it vvere lavvfull to be a little merry in ſo ſerious a matter, a man might not unfittingly apply that verſe of the Poet [Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), book IV, 3-35] to this ſo generall a commodity; / Omnia ſunt homini tenui pendentia filo. / That all the buſineſſes of Men do very much depend upon theſe little long fleaks or threds of Hempe and Flaxa."
- 2 Synonym of flake.; A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else. dialectal
"Plutarke alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. […] But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin fleake of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: […]"
- 3 Synonym of flake.; A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into. dialectal
"Upon Examination, I found that they [the fat] conſiſted of regular large Laminæ: vvhich vvere eaſily ſeparable from one another, in broad Fleaks; […]"
Verb
- 1 Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”). obsolete, rare, transitive
"[M]any of them made use of flint for knives, […] this flint is of no regular form, and if they can only obtain a part of it, an inch or two in length that will cut they are satisfyed, they renew the edge by fleaking off the flint by means of the point of an Elk's or deer's horn."
- 2 Synonym of fleck. ambitransitive, obsolete
"[Edward] Young's Satires have been quite eclipsed by the fame of his Night Thoughts; a work the sublimity and dark splendour of which is fleaked with the wit and fancy which were essential constituents of his mind."
Synonyms
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"The uſes indeed of the forenamed Plants are ſo univerſall, and take place ſo in every affaire of Man, that if it vvere lavvfull to be a little merry in ſo ſerious a matter, a man might not unfittingly apply that verſe of the Poet [Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), book IV, 3-35] to this ſo generall a commodity; / Omnia ſunt homini tenui pendentia filo. / That all the buſineſſes of Men do very much depend upon theſe little long fleaks or threds of Hempe and Flaxa."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "fleak"?
Common synonyms include: piece.
How do you use "fleak" in a sentence?
The uſes indeed of the forenamed Plants are ſo univerſall, and take place ſo in every affaire of Man, that if it vvere lavvfull to be a little merry in ſo ſerious a matter, a man might not unfittingly apply that verſe of the Poet [Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), book IV, 3-35] to this ſo generall a commodity; / Omnia ſunt homini tenui pendentia filo. / That all the buſineſſes of Men do very much depend upon theſe little long fleaks or threds of Hempe and Flaxa.
How do you pronounce "fleak"?
Pronounced /fliːk/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
A variant of flake (noun, verb).
Etymology 2
A variant of fleck (verb).