FLEAM, or Phleme. An instrument used to bleed cattle. A case of fleams, in farriery, comprehends six sorts of instruments; two hooked ones, called drawers, and used for cleaning wounds ; a penknife ; a sharp-pointed lancet for making incisions, and two fleams, one sharp and the other broad-pointed. The last are somewhat like the point of a lancet, fixed in a flat handle, and no longer than is just necessary to open the vein.
Weiss's fleam is not attended with danger to the animal, and may be put into the hands of the inexperienced. The depth of the incision is regulated by means of a screw; and the wound is caused by pressure upon a lever. It is a safe instrument, and is in general use.
Harewood, Harry. A Dictionary of Sports. London: T. Tegg and son, 1835.
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