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ˈflaughtbred, adv. Sc. [f. flaught adv. + bred, pa. pple. of brede v.2 to spread out.] With the arms spread out like the wings of a flying bird; hence, eagerly.1768 Ross Helenore (1789) 14 Lindy..catcht a fa', Flaught⁓bred upon his face, and there he lay. Ibid. 82 Flaught⁓bred upon her, butt the hou...
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▪ I. flaught, n.1 Chiefly Sc. (flɔːt, Sc. flaxt) Also 4–5 flaght(e, 8–9 flaucht. [ME. flaȝt, prob. repr. either OE. *fleaht or ON. *flaht-r (Icel. fláttr, used only in the sense ‘act of flaying’: see Fritzner s.v.); the OTeut. type would be *flahtu-z, f. either of the parallel roots flah-, flak- (Ar...
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