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Bled vs Blea - What's the difference?

bled | blea |

As a proper noun bled

is .

As a noun blea is

the part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

bled

English

Etymology 1

See entry for bleed.

Verb

(head)
  • (bleed)

    • Etymology 2

    North African.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

    • Etymology 3

    Created in Multicultural London English, of Jamaican origin. Has since spread around England.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, MLE, slang) Informal address to a male.

    • See also

    *blud ----

    blea

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.
  • * 1814 , Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany
    • Authors differ greatly in opinion concerning the formation of the blea . Linnaeus imagined it was formed by the bark. But it is certain that the whole of the bark does not give birth to the blea