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Fleed vs Flewed - What's the difference?

fleed | flewed |

As a noun fleed

is the internal fat of a pig before it is melted into lard.

As a verb fleed

is (nonstandard) (flee).

As an adjective flewed is

(obsolete) having large flews.

fleed

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • The internal fat of a pig before it is melted into lard.
  • *1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 134:
  • *:Every Tenterden market day he used to sell fleed cakes from a basket to the carts that went by.

    • Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (flee)

    • flewed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Having large flews.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)