My consnience will not count me fleckless.
Tennyson.
Flec"tion (?), n. [See Flexion.] 1. The act of bending, or state of
being bent.
2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation;
inflection.
Flec"tion*al (?), a. Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or
inflection.
A flectional word is a phrase in the bud.
Earle.
Flec"tor (?), n. A flexor.
Fled (?), imp. & p. p. of Flee.
Fledge (?), a. [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G. fl¸gge, fl¸cke,
OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E. fly. √84. See Fly, v. i.]
Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
His shoulders, fledge with wings.
Milton.
Fledge, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Fledged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fledging.] 1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers
necessary for flight.
The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves.
L'Estrange.