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flytting |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flitting \Flitt"ing\, Flytting \Flytt"ing\, n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.] These ``flytings'' consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants. --Saintsbury.
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