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fleam

[flēm]

(design engineering)

The angle of bevel of the edge of the teeth of a saw with respect to the plane of the blade.

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Fleam, as identified by Leonard Keifer; Steven Mead, Kearney, Neb.; Rudy Miller; David Friedly, Blairsville, Ga.; Bob Wittersheim, Carleton, Mich.; Ralph Najarian; Wayne Newson; Larry Whitesell, Tipton, Ind.; Frank Olmstead, Gerry, N.Y.; Roger Ladwig, Green Lake, Wis.; Coles Roberts; Sheldon Malmedal, Linton, N.D.; Gailey Henderson; Michael Moriarty, Sandy Ridge, Pa.; George Wanamaker; and Jim Glascock.

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londrihtes mot paere maegburge monna aeghwylc idel hweorfan, syddan aedelingas feorran gefricgean fleam eowerne domleasan daed.

VII AEthelred and the Genesis of the Beowulf manuscript

The thing they actually use is a vet's fleam used for bleeding cattle.

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And adding even more detail to the linguistic map is the almost ostentatious technical and scientific vocabulary in the narrative: pollex, surd, calenture, spalling, birl, fleam, ferrule, pelisse, blouson, marasmus, shallop, spurlinglines ...