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

e 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.

Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.

ard and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

ake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zoöl.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidæ, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. -- Beach grass (Bot.), a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing on the sandy…

A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. Youatt.

which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. -- Cabbage Beetle (Zoöl.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. -- Cabbage butterfly (Zoöl.), a white butterfly (Pieris rapæ of both Europe…

A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jig…