Fledgeling to Fleshy
Fledgeling
(Fledge"ling) n. A young bird just fledged.
Flee
(Flee) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled (fled); p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fleón (imperf.
fleáh); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. flyja Dan. flye, Sw. fly Goth. þliuhan.
&radic84. Cf. Flight.] To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly
manner; to hasten off; — usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
Shak.
Flee fornication.
1 Cor. vi. 18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father.
Shak. When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the
utmost speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?" Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.
Fleece
(Fleece) n. [OE. flees, AS. fleós; akin to D. flies, vlies .]
1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a
sheep, or animal, at one time.
Who shore me
Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece.
Milton. 2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding
machine.
Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. — Golden fleece. See under Golden.
Fleece
(Fleece), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleecing.]
1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions
and exactions.
Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced.
Fuller. 3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] Thomson.
Fleeced
(Fleeced) a.
1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. Spenser.
2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
Fleeceless
(Fleece"less) a. Without a fleece.
Fleecer
(Flee"cer) n. One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. Prynne.
Fleecy
(Flee"cy) a. Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. "Fleecy flocks." Prior.
Fleen
(Fleen) n. pl. Obs. pl. of Flea. Chaucer.
Fleer
(Fle"er) n. One who flees. Ld. Berners.
