10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLICHTER»
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flichter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flichter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
To FLICHTER, Flighter, v. a. A prisoner is said to be flichter'd, when pinioned, S. "
The Magistrates of Edinburgh are appointed, as soon as the body of D.
Hackstoun of Rathillet is brought to the Water-gate, to receive him, and mount
him on a ...
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
G._/lcckta, motitare, q. any light thing carried into one's food by the agitation of the
air. T o FLlCHT, u. a. To fluctuate. Danbar.— A.S.jlogett-an, id. To FLIGHT, '0. 1|.
Same with Flyte. Lyndaa . FLlgHTER o snaw. A flake of snow. FLICHTER, (jg/an ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Himsel' he pitch't and poisit soon, And flichter'd baith his wings, TENNANT
Papishy (1827) 25. Rnf. Bare as ilk scuddie, That i' their nests flichter in yonder
green shaw, YouNc Prclarcs (1865) 126. Ayr. His spirits mounted and as she said
.
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
FLICIITEK of maw. A flake of snow. F LIC H TEH (gutt.), ». A great number of
small objects flying in the air ; as л flichter of birds ; afiichter of motet, &c. Upp.
Lanark s. Perhaps from Flichter, v. as respecting their fluttering motion. Y. Flbk-
kbb, v.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
2 flocht, swither. flush v (with clean water) synd. fluster n swither. v fluister,
flochter. flutter v 1 fluther, flichter, flaff, fluffer; (of a leaf etc) wag; (especially of
birds in water) squatter. 2 (be excited) flichter. n (flapping) flichter. fly1 v flee, flicht
; (lightly) ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
2 (be excited) flichter, fidder. noun (flapping) flaff, flichter, flauchter. fly1 verb flee,
flicht, (lightly) skiff; (off at a tangent) skite; (of birds, awkwardly) flichter. noun 1 (of
a spinning wheel) flichts SHETLAND, NE. 2 (in trousers) shop door, spaiver, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
To FLICHTER, Flyciiter, Flighteh, v. n. 1. To flutter, S.] Insert, as sense 2. To run
with outspread arms, like a tame goose half-flying ; applied to children, when
running to those to whom they are much attached, Dumfr. Hence, Flighterin-fain,
adj.
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The Dialect of Banffshire: With a Glossary of Words Not in ...
FLICHTER, 11.12. to move from place to place without any fixed purpose; as, “He'
sfl1'c/aterin' on through the queentry (country).” (Additional to J amieson).
FLICHTER-LICHTIE (cu gutt.), 11. a light-headed person, that cannot settle down
to ...
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Clarkson Gray, and other poems
Whan breathin' cam back, I was flichter'd an sair, Till I REALLY saw Wha sat i' the
chair ; An' the auld leeiri loon. Ananias was there, An' for him I cared nae a flee,
— An' sae ye see, An' sae ye see, Folk sudna be flichter'd wi' a' that they see, ...
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The Roxburghshire Word-Book
1. A flake (of soot or snow). w. 2. A small speck of dirt, a seed, etc. in porridge or
other food. Rxb., NW, W. 3. A mote or speck of dust in the eye. W. [med. E. flyghte
= 1.] FLICHTER, sb. 6. Also flicher (NE, w-s). = FLIGHT sb. 1. FLICHTER, v. 1. int.
