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_Maitland P._
Teut. _vlied-en_, id.
FLIEP, _s._ A silly inactive fellow, Aberd.
V. ~Flup~.
FLYND, _s._ Flint.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ FLINDER, _v. n._ To run about in a fluttering manner. Aug.
Isl. _flan-a_, praeceps feror.
FLINDERS.
V. ~Flendris~.
FLINDRIKIN, _s._
V. ~Flinder~, _v._
_Watson's Coll._
~Flindrikin~, _adj._ Flirting, Fife.
_To_ FLING, _v. a._
1. To baffle, to deceive, S.
2. To jilt. S.
_Morison._
~Fling~, _s._
1. A disappointment, in general, S.
2. A disappointment in love, in consequence of being jilted, S.
_A. Douglas._
3. A fit of ill humour. _To tak the fling_, to become unmanageable.
_Bannatyne Poems._
~Flingin-tree~, _s._
1. A piece of timber used as a part.i.tion between horses. S.
2. The lower part of a flail, S.
_Burns._
_To_ FLING, _v. n._
1. To dance.
_Knox._
~Fling~, _s._ The act of dancing, S.
_Neill._
Hence _the Highland fling_.
_To_ FLIPE, FLYPE, _v. a._ To pull off any thing, by turning it inside out, S.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _flipa_, the pendulous lip of a wound.
~Flipe~, _s._ A fold, a lap, S.
_Cleland._
FLIRDON, _s._
_Montgomerie._
_To_ FLYRD, _v. n._ To flirt.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _fleard-ian_, nugari.
_To_ FLYRE, _v. n._
