Sc. ? Obs. Also -fleuk, -flook. [See FLUKE sb.1] The common sole.
1684–92. Symson, in Macfarlane’s Geogr. Collect., II. (S.H.S.), 80. By this means, they catch Fleuks, sole fleuks, tarbets and severall other fish.
a. 1688. Wallace, Descr. Orkney (1693), 14. Turbot, Scate, Congir eells, Sole Fleuks.
1710. Sibbald, Hist. Fife & Kinross, 51. Buglossus seu Solea, the Sole Flook.
