fleak /fliːk/noun 4verb 2forms 2 noun4 •(dialect) A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.Above that Region the Wind blew at South-west by South, as appeared by some small Fleaks of Clouds coming from that Quarter. — 1741 •(dialect) A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else. •(dialect) A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into.Upon Examination, I found that they [the fat] consisted of regular large Laminae: vvhich vvere easily separable from one another, in broad Fleaks; […] — 1698 •(dialect, no longer used) Synonym of flake. verb2 •(no longer used) Synonym of fleck.Even Jupiter, […] is known chiefly by the dark shifting bands that, fleaking his surface in the line of his trade-winds, belong not to his body, but to his thick dark covering. — 1857 •(no longer used, rare) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”).Whence to flea, or to fleak, i.e. to pull off the skin. A school phrase, to be fleaked off, i.e. to have the skin fetched off by whipping. — 1818 formsfleaked · fleaks
