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flite
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flaɪt
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verb,
flit·ed,
flit·ing,
noun
Scot.
and
North England
verb (used without object)
1.
to dispute; wrangle; scold; jeer.
noun
2.
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to spend time idly; loaf.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
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Also,
flyte.
Origin:
before 900;
(v.)
Middle English
fliten,
Old English
flītan
to strive, contend; akin to
Middle High German
vlīzen
(
German
Fleiss
industry),
Old Saxon
flītan;
(noun)
Middle English;
Old English
flīt
strife, abuse, derivative of the v.
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flite
or
dialect
(
Scot
), (
Northern English
)
flyte
(flaɪt,
Scottish
fləɪt, flaɪt,
Scottish
fləɪt)
—
vb
1.
(
tr
) to scold or rail at
—
n
2.
a dispute or scolding
[Old English
flītan
to wrangle, of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian
flīt
strife, Old High German
flīz
strife]
flyte
or
dialect
(
Scot
), (
Northern English
)
flyte
—
vb
—
n
[Old English
flītan
to wrangle, of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian
flīt
strife, Old High German
flīz
strife]
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