Obs. exc. dial. Also flew. [app. a corruption of fleume, obs. form of FLEAM.] A farrier’s lancet, a fleam.
1790. W. Marshall, Midl. Counties, II. 437. Flews, phlemes, for bleeding cattle, etc.
1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., Flues, farriers’ lancets.
