[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That flees, in various senses of the vb.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., IV. pr. iii. 121. Yif he be dredeful and fleynge [L. fugax].
1434. Misyn, Mending Life, 108. So þat þou sulde desire fleand þingis.
a. 1533. Ld. Berners, Huon, liv. 181. Suche fleynge vacabondes are of lyght corage.
1877. Daily News, 5 Nov., 4/7. A large proportion of the fleeing troops would perish in the attempt.
