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Fleech

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter. Scotland, transitive

    "I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace."

  2. 2
    To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely. Scotland, intransitive

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”). More at flatter.

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