Obs. exc. dial. [f. prec. sb.2] intr. To flow, stream. Also, transf. to drift away.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, xxv. 10004. Blode flemyt o fer in flattes aboute!
c. 1465. Eng. Chron., 92.
| Harry oure souerayne and most Crystyne kyng | |
| His trew bloode hathe flemed bothe be swerde and exyle. |
1863. R. Buchanan, Undertones, 120.
| But, as the vapours fleam’d away, behold! | |
| I saw far down upon the brown sea-strand | |
| A nymph who held aloft in pearly hand | |
| A white-tooth’d comb. |
