Sc. [f. FLEG v.1] A fright, scare. Cf. FLEY sb.

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1721.  Ramsay, Richy & Sandy, 9.

                    Or has some Bogle-bo
Glowrin frae ’mang auld Waws gi’en ye a Fleg?

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1818.  Scott, Rob Roy, xviii. ‘I did not say flay’d,’ replied Andrew, ‘but fley’d, that is, I got a fleg, and was ready to jump out o’ my skin, though naebody offered to whirl it aff my body as a man wad bark a tree.’

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