fleamı (flem)

[Early mod. E. and dial. also flem; He liked horses well enough, but preferred their hides to their hoofs; and became more skilful with the fleam than the butter is. S. Judd, Margaret, i. 11. 2. In her., a bearing thought by some to represent the farriers' lancet, but more probably a builders' cramp of iron, whence often called crampon.