1. To scold, S. pret. _flet_, anciently _flayt_.

_Douglas._

~Flyting Free~ _with one_, under no such restraint as to prevent severe reprehension, S.

A. S. _flit-an_, rixare, to brawle, Somner.

2. To pray in the language of complaint, or remonstrance.

_Wallace._

~Flyte~, ~Flyt~, _s._ A severe reprehension, continued for some time, S.

_Ritson._

~Flyter~, _s._ One given to scolding, S.

_Rollocke._

~Flyting~, _s._

1. The act of scolding, S.

_Baillie._

2. Poetry of that kind which the French call _tenson_.

_Evergreen._

~Flytepock~, _s._ The double-chin, S. B., denominated from its being inflated when one is in a rage.

~Flytewite~, ~Flycht-vyte~, _s._ A fine for verbal abuse or broils.

_Skene._

A. S. _flit-wite_, id. from _flit_, strife, and _wite_, a fine.

_To_ FLOAN, FLOAN ~on~. _v. a._ To shew attachment or court regard, in an indiscreet way; a term applied to females, S. B.

_Ross._

Isl. _flon_, stolidus, _flana_, praeceps feror.

FLOBBAGE, _s._ Phlegm.

_Lyndsay._

Sw. _flabb_, bucca, Dan. _flab_, the mouth.

FLOCHT, FLOUGHT, _s._

1. _On flocht_, on wing.

_Douglas._

2. State of being fluttered, S. B. _a flocht_, id.

_Burel._

3. Fluctuation.

_Dunbar._

Alem. _flught_, flight; A. S. _flogett-an_, fluctuare.

~Flochtry~, ~Floughtrous~, _adj._ Fluttered, in a flurry, S. B.

_Ross._

_To_ FLODDER, FLOTTER, _v. a._

1. To overflow.

_Douglas._

2. To blur, by weeping, synon. _bluther_.

_Douglas._

FLOYT, _s._ A flatterer or deceiver.

_Polwart._

Teut. _fluyte_, mendacium blandum; _fluyt-en_, mentiri, blande dicere.

FLOOK, FLEUK, _s._

1. A generic name for various kinds of flat fish, S.

_Sibbald._

2. Most generally used to denote the common flounder, S.

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