Meaning of FLITTING
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\Flit"ting\, n.
1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.]
A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and
it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to
move away. --Jeffrey.
\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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