Fleech vs Fleece - What's the difference?
fleech | fleece |
(Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
* 1884 , John MacKay Wilson, Tales of the Borders and of Scotland (page 64)
(Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.
(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.
to con or trick someone out of money
to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)
As verbs the difference between fleech and fleece
is that fleech is to wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter while fleece is to con or trick someone out of money.As a noun fleece is
hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.fleech
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- 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.
