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A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.

Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.

To flay. [Obs.] He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's skin. J. Fletcher.

mall beetle of the family Halticidæ, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea- beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.

Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

imp. of Fly.

A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.] Little long fleaks or threads of hemp. Dr. H. More.

A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet. Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight.

Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.] Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston.

See Fleer.

An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds. Loudon.

An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light. The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier.

One who leads others by his example; aguide.

To leave off wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.