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flichter
▪ I. flichter, n. Sc. (ˈflɪxtə(r)) [f. next vb.] = flicker n.31826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 240 In a flichter o' rainbow licht.▪ II. flichter, flighter, v.1 Sc. (ˈflɪxtə(r)) Also 6 flichtir, flych-, flyghter, 9 fleighter. [? f. flicht, flight v.; see -er5. Cf. flaughter v.2] 1. intr. Of a ...
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flichtered
flichtered, ppl. a. Sc. (ˈflɪxtəd) [f. flichter v.1 + -ed1.] Thrown into a flutter: a. volatile, flighty; b. frightened.1832–53 Whistle-binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. iii. 70, I canna say flichter'd an' foolish ye've been. 1889 Barrie Window in Thrums 102 ‘They were juist as flichtered themsels.’
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flaughter
▪ I. ˈflaughter, n. Sc. Also 5–9 flauchter, (6 -tir), 9 flachter. [prob. a parallel formation to flaught n.1, with suffix -tro- instead of -tu-.] A paring of turf. Also Comb., flaughter-fail, a turf cut with a flaughter-spade, i.e. a breast-plough used for this purpose.1492 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 28...
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shoughtering
† ˈshoughtering, vbl. n. Obs. rare—1. [Of obscure origin; perh. an error for *floughtering (see flichter, flaughter vbs.] Flapping or agitation of the wings.c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 628 A shoughturyng [Colchester MS. shuddering], a flusshyng, & a fray He [sc. the pea⁓cock] maketh then.
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flighter
flighter Brewing. (ˈflaɪtə(r)) [? f. flight + -er1. ? Orig. = ‘wing’; cf. flichter v.2] (See quot.)1825 Jamieson Suppl., Flichters, that part of the Fanners which raises the wind. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 882 Flighter, a horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a ...
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