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2. To flutter.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Flaffer~, _v. n._ To flutter, S. B.
FLAG, _s._ A piece of green sward, cast with a spade, S.
Isl. _flag-a_, glebas tenues exscindere.
FLAG, _s._ A squall.
Teut. _vlaeghe_.
_Doug._
FLAG, _s._ A flash of lightning.
_Douglas._
Teut. _vlack-en_, vibrare instar flammae.
FLAGGIS, _s pl._ Flanks.
_Dunbar._
FLAYIS. Leg. _slayis._
_Barbour._
FLAIK, FLAKE, FLATE, _s._
1. A hurdle.
_Wallace._
2. In pl. temporary folds or pens, S.
_R. Bruce._
Fris. _vlaeck_, Su. G. _flake_, crates; _flaet-a_, Teut.
_vlecht-en_, nectere.
FLAIN, FLANE, _s._ An arrow.
_Douglas._
A. S. _flane_, id.
FLAIR, _s._ The skate, a fish.
_Sibbald._
_To_ FLAIRY, _v. a._ To cajole.
V. ~Flare~.
FLAYT, _pret._ Scolded.
V. ~Flyte~, _v._
_To_ FLAM, _v. n._ To fly out and in, S. B.
V. ~Flem.~
_To_ FLAME, FLAMM, _v. a._ To baste meat while roasting, S.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _flamb-er_, id.
FLAN, FLANN, _s._ A gust of wind, S.
Isl. _flan-a_, praeceps ferri.
_Brand._
FLANE, _s._ An arrow.
V. ~Flain.~
_To_ FLANTER,
1. To waver, to be in some degree delirious, Ang.
