"fleech" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fleecher"
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        "5": "to flatter, fawn"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”). More at flatter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fleeches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleeching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleeched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleeched",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884, John MacKay Wilson, Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, page 64",
          "text": "I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter."
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          "wheedle"
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        [
          "coax",
          "coax"
        ],
        [
          "cajole",
          "cajole"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ],
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          "flatter",
          "flatter"
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        "(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter."
      ],
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        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely."
      ],
      "id": "en-fleech-en-verb-nUyKUp9X",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely."
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "fleich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fleitch"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
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      "word": "fleche"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleech"
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      "word": "fleecher"
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”). More at flatter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fleeches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleeching",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fleeched",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fleeched",
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        "past"
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        "To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter."
      ],
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        [
          "coax",
          "coax"
        ],
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          "cajole",
          "cajole"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ],
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          "flatter",
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        "(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fleich"
    },
    {
      "word": "fleitch"
    },
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        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "fleche"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleech"
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