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Meaning of FLEAM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fleam\, n. [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum,
phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See {Phlebotomy}.] (Surg. & Far.)
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.
 
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