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FLITING
Verb
fliting
present participle of flite
Noun
fliting (plural flitings)
Alternative form of flyting
Anagrams
• lifting
Source: Wiktionary
FLITE
Flite, v. i. Etym: [AS. flitan to strive, contend, quarrel; akin to G. fleiss industry.]
Definition: To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Flite, Flyte, n. [AS. flit. See Flite.]
Definition: Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands. Saintsbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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