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2. To faulter in evidence or narration, Ang.
Isl. _flane_, erroneus, praeceps fatuus.
_To_ FLARE, _v. a._ To cajole, Loth.; _flairy_, Fife. Isl. _flaar_, crafty, _flaerd_, guile.
~Flare~, _s._ Flattering language, Loth.
FLASH, _s._ A depository for timber, Loth.
_To_ FLAST, _v. n._ To gasconade, S.
Isl. _flas-a_, praeceps feror.
_To_ FLAT, _v. a._ To flatter.
_Douglas._
Fr. _flat-er_, id.
FLAT, _s._ A field.
_Douglas._
FLAT, _s._ Floor of a house.
V. ~Flet~.
_To_ FLATCH, _v. a._ To fold down, Loth.
FLATE, _s._ A hurdle.
V. ~Flaik.~
FLATLYNYS, FLATLINGS, _adv._ Flat.
_Barbour._
FLAUCHT, FLAUCHTER, FLAUCHIN, _s._ A flake, S.
Su. G. _snoeflage_, a flake of snow.
FLAUCHT, FLAUGHT, _s._ A handful, S. B.
_Ross._
FLAUCHT _of land_, A croft, Ang.
FLAUCHTBRED, _adv._
1. At full length, S. q. spread out in _breadth_.
_Ross._
Su. G. _flaeckt_, spread.
2. With great eagerness, S.
_Ross._
_To_ FLAUCHTER, _v. a._ To pare turf from the ground, S. B.
V. ~Flag~, _s._ 1.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
~Flauchter-fail~, _s._ A long turf cut with a flauchter-spade, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
~Flauchter-spade~, _s._ A long two-handed instrument for casting turfs, S.
_Statist. Acc._
FLAW, _s._
1. A blast of wind.
_Douglas._
2. A storm of snow, Ang.
_Statist. Acc._
