He fumbled in his pockets as he spoke, and, as chance would it, the "fleam" (or cattle lancet) was somewhere about his dress.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dark Night's Work] Reference

Taking a fleam from her pocket, she lanced the lump and let it bleed freely.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference

Clinker perceiving these signs of life, immediately tied up his arm with a garter, and, pulling out a horse-fleam, let him blood in the farrier stile. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Expedition of Humphry Clinker] Reference

Lacking a decent syringe for drawing blood, I'd merely pierced the vein inside his elbow with a fleam, and drained off the welling blood into a small vial.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

I had occasion to bleed several of the horses and, from the mere incision caused by the fleam, the necks of several swelled up very much although every precaution was adopted.    From Wordnik.com.  [McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia] Reference

Among these was a blacksmith and farrier, who took cognizance of his carcase, every limb of which having examined, he declared there was no bone broken, and taking out his fleam, blooded him plentifully as he lay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference

Egone illum non fleam? egon non defleam talem adulescentem?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives] Reference

The fleam should be banished from among the instruments of the veterinary surgeon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dog] Reference

And of tranfmitting fleam through a copper tube, to try the effeAs of fpiiit of wine, ibid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philosophical transactions] Reference

Thus while he raves, from his wide noftrils flies A fiery fleam, and fparkles from his eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference

In fad, they do fweat whilft in this lituation: it is eafy to perceive a fleam ifTue from them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history for the use of children of both sexes, translated from the French] Reference

A moft naufeous fmell rifmg with the fleam obliged us to watch the wind, and keep clear of it, to avoid fuffocation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the two Sicilies] Reference

It was brought; I took out a large fleam, and with the assistance of a stone, drove it into the principal artery horse's leg.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference

He liked horses well enough, but preferred their hides to their hoofs; and became more skilful with the fleam than the butteris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Margaret] Reference

But, vein or artery, it signified little; no living blood gushed out; only a little watery moisture followed the cut of the fleam.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dark Night's Work] Reference

The north fide lining was very hot, and a great fleam rifing out of it, therefore water was poured upon it plentifully Friday, January 25, 1795.    From Wordnik.com.  [A treatise on the culture of the cucumber; shewing a new and advantageous method of cultivating that plant, with full directions for the management thereof, and the degree of heat it requires on every day of the year; and a meteorological journal of the weather and temperature of the climate in lat. 51 20£ north, long. 0 1£ east of London] Reference

SrF. i.\t-Engine, is the name of a machine which de - rives its moving power from the eladicity and conden - fibility of the fleam of - boiling water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems ..] Reference

Hut before he could bring the engine to this pillon is at this time occupied by the fleam which came degree of perfection, he had many difficulties to over - from the upper part of the cylinder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems ..] Reference

"There is a fleam and bowl in the top left drawer, Mrs. Fraser.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

From a leather case he took a fleam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Mountain]

"Papa went to wake Dixon, and he brought his fleam -- I suppose to try and bleed him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dark Night's Work] Reference

It was brought; I took out a large fleam, and with the assistance of a stone, drove it into the principal artery horse’s leg.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible in Spain] Reference

This condenfed, its place is '. upplied by fleam (rem the lower has occaliosed him to omit this circumilance in fame of part of the cylinder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems ..] Reference

All that a doctor could do, I take it, would be to open a vein, and that I could do along with the best of them, if I had but my fleam here. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dark Night's Work] Reference

He turned to the gentleman, "Well, Sir, go to Dominicetti, and get thyfelf fumigated; but be fure that the fleam be direfted to thy head, for that is the peccant part.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...] Reference

Our fugitives were without money and without credit, and "but for carrying a knife, or a horse fleam, or a gun-flint, had no more use for a pocket than a Highlander has for a knee-buckle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Francis Marion]

■ of the bed: But thefe did not anfwer; becaufe in windy weather there was no check to the fleam of the flues, and therefore one end of the frames was at times rendered too cold, and the other too warm.    From Wordnik.com.  [A treatise on the culture of the cucumber; shewing a new and advantageous method of cultivating that plant, with full directions for the management thereof, and the degree of heat it requires on every day of the year; and a meteorological journal of the weather and temperature of the climate in lat. 51 20£ north, long. 0 1£ east of London] Reference

A fleam is for bleeding beasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Standard Speller; Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling; also, Sentences for Silent Spelling by Writing from Dictation. In Which the Representative Words and the Anomalous Words of the English Language are so Classified as to Indicate Their Pronunciation, and to be Fixed in the Memory by Association.] Reference

Both with her husband's and her own tough fleam.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2] Reference

Rofe like a fleam of rich difliird perfumes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical] Reference

Taking your meal of fleam in, from cocks 'flails.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays...] Reference

A fleam, Gumbo, and bleed him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Virginians] Reference