fleech

• fleich, fleitch, fleche (Scotland)

From Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”). More at flatter.

fleech (third-person singular simple present fleeches, present participle fleeching, simple past and past participle fleeched)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
   • 1884, John MacKay Wilson, Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, page 64:

     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.

2. (intransitive, Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.

• fleecher

• fleche, flèche