† refluev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To flow back.
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1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. G.viii This skynny flappes close the passage and defende, that nothynge canne rebound, ne reflue backe agayne.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I.vi Sum part therof reflueth, and is reuerted to the womansbrestes [sic], ther to becum mylke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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