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Fleeced vs Fleeched - What's the difference?

fleeced | fleeched |

As verbs the difference between fleeced and fleeched

is that fleeced is (fleece) while fleeched is (fleech).

fleeced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fleece)

    • fleece

    English

    (wikipedia fleece)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
  • (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
  • (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
  • (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
  • (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
  • Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
  • The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

    • Verb

    (fleec)
  • to con or trick someone out of money
  • to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)

    • See also

    * (con) nickel and dime

    fleeched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fleech)

    • fleech

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • (Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
  • * 1884 , John MacKay Wilson, Tales of the Borders and of Scotland (page 64)
    • I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace.
  • (Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)