Also dial. fleck. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To rid of fleas, remove fleas from.
a. 1610. Healey, Theophrastus (1636), 79. He sweepes the house and fleas the beds himselfe.
1700. Congreve, Way of World, IV. ix. Go flea dogs, and read romances!
1884. Chesh. Gloss., s.v. Fleck, ‘Her father had gone up to fleck the bed.’
