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flitters
flitters, n. pl. Now dial. (ˈflɪtəz) [Altered form of fitters, associated with flitter v.] Fragments, torn pieces; splinters, tatters. Chiefly in phrases, as to dash, break or tear into, to flitters.1620 R. Waller in Lismore Papers (1887) Ser. ii. II. 247 They two are torne all to flitters. 1660 F. ...
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Flitter Dance
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The traditional custom on Good Friday on the Isle of Man was to gather shellfish on the shore and eat flitters in particular for breakfast, after recall the process of gathering mychurachan to make a fire on the beach, in which "arran-traaie" barleymeal cakes were made and baked in the hot ashes and flitters
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fitters
ˈfitters, n. pl. Obs. exc. dial. See also flitters. [f. fitter v.] Fragments, pieces, atoms. In various obvious phrases, as to tear to fitters, to break in(to fitters, etc. to be in fitters: fig. to be broken up into small parties.1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 374/2 Whiche the deuil hath by y⊇ blas...
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May Laffan
London: Macmillan 1881)
The Game Hen Flitters, Tatters, and the Counsellor: Three Waifs from the Dublin Streets (1879; 2nd edn.
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flidder
flidder (ˈflɪdə(r)) Also flither, flitter. A local name for the limpet.1766 Pennant Zool. (1769) III. 195 The next baits in esteem are..limpets (called here [Scarborough] Flidders). 1867 M. S. Lovell Edible Molluscs 120 In the Isle of Man..they [limpets] are known by the name of ‘flitters’. 1876 Whi...
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List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)
arcuata Evans, 1937
Halpe filda Evans, 1949
Halpe knyvetti Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Halpe kumara de Nicéville, 1885
Halpe scissa Cantlie, 1961
Hyarotis - flitters Thoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885)
Udaspes - grass demon
Grass demon, Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)
Zela
Zela zeus de Nicéville, 1895
Zographetus - flitters
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fledgy
fledgy, a. (ˈflɛdʒɪ) [f. as prec. + -y1.] † 1. a. Of wings: Furnished with feathers, feathered. b. Of young bees: Ready to fly. Obs.1583 Stanyhurst Aeneis i. (Arb.) 27 Hee flitters swiftly with wynges ful fledgye beplumed. Ibid. 31 They [bees] do foorth carry theyre yoong swarme fledggie to gathring...
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flitters (Lumsden, also Great Northern Peninsula, particularly in the Straits. Most likely a corruption of "fritters.")
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flinders
flinders1, n. pl. rarely sing. (ˈflɪndəz) Forms: 5–6 Sc. flend(e)ris, -ers, 9 Sc. (sing. and pl.) flinner(s, 8– flinders. [cf. mod.Norw. flindra thin chip or splinter, Du. flenter fragment.] a. Fragments, pieces, splinters. Chiefly in phrases, as to break or fly in(to flinders. Cf. flitters.c 1450 G...
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The Stranger (Once Upon a Time)
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Opening sequence
Jiminy Cricket flitters in the forest
In the characters' past
In the Enchanted Forest, as Pinocchio (Jakob Davies) and Geppetto
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flitter
▪ I. flitter, n.1 (ˈflɪtə(r)) [f. flit v. + -er1.] One who or that which flits. a. One who changes his dwelling. b. A fleeting thing.1554 Bradford in Coverdale Lett. Mart. (1564) 323 If we be flitters and not dwellers (as was Loth a flitter from Segor). 1623 tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. ii. xiii. 203 Su...
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beplumed
beplumed, ppl. a. (bɪˈpluːmd) [f. be- 7 + plume n.] Furnished or adorned with feathers.1582 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 27 Hee flitters with wynges ful fledgye beplumed. 1768 Sterne Sent. Journ. (1775) I. 56 Be-plumed with each gay feather of the east. 1860 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret ix. (1880) 260...
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La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978
"The cinematography is an unusual blend of the surreal and the mundane, infused with a quirky comic style which flitters between self-mockery and farce
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squitter
▪ I. ˈsquitter, n. Now dial. and colloq. [f. the vb. Cf. skitter n.1] 1. Diarrhœa. Usually in pl. Cf. skitter n.1 1.1664 Cotton Scarron. i. (1715) 7 It Bounces, Foams, and Froths and Flitters, As if 'twere troubled with the Squitters. 1691 Mrs. D'Anvers Academia 45 Then, as if troubled with the Squi...
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韩愈《春雪》(中英双语字幕)_哔哩哔哩_bilibili
春雪 韩愈(唐) 七言绝句 新年都未有芳华,二月初惊见草芽。 白雪却嫌春色晚,故穿庭树作飞花。 Spring Snow, by Han Yu (Tang Dynasty) No fragrant blossoms yet in this New Year I delight at the sight of grass sprouting in the second month The white snow, vexed by the late coming of spring colours, flitters among the courtyard trees, like flowers in flight
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