
Fleam
UK
/fliːm/
US
/flim/

Translation of "fleam" into Russian
fleam
NounUK
/fliːm/
US
/flim/
fleam
fleams pl
The doctor used a fleam to make a small incision.
Доктор использовал ланцет, чтобы сделать небольшой разрез.
Definitions
fleam
NounUK
/fliːm/
US
/flim/
A sharp instrument used in the past for bloodletting or lancing boils.
The doctor used a fleam to perform the bloodletting procedure.
fleam
VerbUK
/fliːm/
US
/flim/
Archaic, transitive. To bleed (a person or, more commonly, an animal) using a fleam; to lance.
The farmer fleamed the sick cow to relieve the swelling.