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fleam
a medieval lancet used for drawing blood in the blood-letting therapeutic procedure. A straight metal bar with a downward protruding, small, sharp, fixed blade. The blade was poised over a distended vein and given a sharp thump with a hardwood mallet held in the other hand.


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But a back-four of Neville, Brown, Rafael Da Silva and Ritchie De Leat - making his debut - offered United enough protection against Hull's spirited but impotent attack.
Panellists included councillors Kathy King and Kevin Dodds, Hazel Anderson and Professor David Leat from Newcastle University.
 
 
 
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