"fleam" meaning in English

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          "runoff",
          "runoff"
        ],
        [
          "mill",
          "mill"
        ],
        [
          "millstream",
          "millstream"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "Northern England English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trench",
          "trench"
        ],
        [
          "gully",
          "gully"
        ],
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fliːm/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fleem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleam"
}