† aˈflocht, pred. a., prop. phr. Sc. Obs.
[a prep.1 + flocht; also in full on flocht.]
In a flutter, agitated.
| 1513 Douglas æneis v. xiii. 37 Venus al on flocht, Amyd hir breist reuoluand mony a thocht. 1536 Bellendene Cron. Scotl. (1821) II. 122 My mind and body is aflocht, specially sen I hard thir innocent men sa cruelly tormentit. 1585 James I. Ess. in Poesie (1869) 31 With spreits aflought, and sweete transported loue. |