Sc. [Onomatopœic; cf. fling.] A random blow or kick, a stroke.
1722. Hamilton, Wallace, III. i. (1822), 45.
He Syn at the loon a fearfull Fleg let flee, | |
That from his Rumple sheard away his Thigh. |
1785. Burns, Epist. to J. Lapraik, 21 April, ix.
Shes [Fortunes] gien me mony a jirt, an fleg, | |
Sin I could striddle owre a rig. |