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1. To scold, S. pret. _flet_, anciently _flayt_.
_Douglas._
~Flyting Free~ _with one_, under no such restraint as to prevent severe reprehension, S.
A. S. _flit-an_, rixare, to brawle, Somner.
2. To pray in the language of complaint, or remonstrance.
_Wallace._
~Flyte~, ~Flyt~, _s._ A severe reprehension, continued for some time, S.
_Ritson._
~Flyter~, _s._ One given to scolding, S.
_Rollocke._
~Flyting~, _s._
1. The act of scolding, S.
_Baillie._
2. Poetry of that kind which the French call _tenson_.
_Evergreen._
~Flytepock~, _s._ The double-chin, S. B., denominated from its being inflated when one is in a rage.
~Flytewite~, ~Flycht-vyte~, _s._ A fine for verbal abuse or broils.
_Skene._
A. S. _flit-wite_, id. from _flit_, strife, and _wite_, a fine.
_To_ FLOAN, FLOAN ~on~. _v. a._ To shew attachment or court regard, in an indiscreet way; a term applied to females, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _flon_, stolidus, _flana_, praeceps feror.
FLOBBAGE, _s._ Phlegm.
_Lyndsay._
Sw. _flabb_, bucca, Dan. _flab_, the mouth.
FLOCHT, FLOUGHT, _s._
1. _On flocht_, on wing.
_Douglas._
2. State of being fluttered, S. B. _a flocht_, id.
_Burel._
3. Fluctuation.
_Dunbar._
Alem. _flught_, flight; A. S. _flogett-an_, fluctuare.
~Flochtry~, ~Floughtrous~, _adj._ Fluttered, in a flurry, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ FLODDER, FLOTTER, _v. a._
1. To overflow.
_Douglas._
2. To blur, by weeping, synon. _bluther_.
_Douglas._
FLOYT, _s._ A flatterer or deceiver.
_Polwart._
Teut. _fluyte_, mendacium blandum; _fluyt-en_, mentiri, blande dicere.
FLOOK, FLEUK, _s._
1. A generic name for various kinds of flat fish, S.
_Sibbald._
2. Most generally used to denote the common flounder, S.
