fleak

A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.

A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.

A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into.

(obsolete except British, dialectal) Synonym of flake.

(transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”).

(ambitransitive, obsolete) Synonym of fleck.