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flit
(encz) | flit,poletovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
flit
(encz) | flit,přelétat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Flit
(gcide) | Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitting.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.
flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. Fleet, v.
i.]
1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a
rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits
away; a cloud flits along.
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A shadow flits before me. --Tennyson.
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2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.
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3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
another; to remove; to migrate.
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It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,
departing this life, did flit out of one body into
some other. --Hooker.
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4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
& Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.
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5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
--Dryden.
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Flit
(gcide) | Flit \Flit\, a.
Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
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flit
(wn) | flit
n 1: a sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart]
2: a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight
flit"
v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The
hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit,
flutter, fleet, dart] |
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flitch
(encz) | flitch,bůček n: Zdeněk Brož |
flitted
(encz) | flitted, |
flitter
(encz) | flitter, v: |
flittering scotoma
(encz) | flittering scotoma, n: |
flitting
(encz) | flitting, flitting,přemístění [tech.] Lukáš "Fruiko" Nedvěd |
flitr
(czen) | flitr,sequinn: Zdeněk Brož |
Flit
(gcide) | Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitting.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.
flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. Fleet, v.
i.]
1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a
rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits
away; a cloud flits along.
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A shadow flits before me. --Tennyson.
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2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.
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3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
another; to remove; to migrate.
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It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,
departing this life, did flit out of one body into
some other. --Hooker.
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4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
& Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.
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5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Flit \Flit\, a.
Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
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Flitch
(gcide) | Flitch \Flitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flitched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitching.] [See Flitch, n.]
To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, to flitch
logs; to flitch bacon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Flitch \Flitch\, n.; pl. Flitches. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS.
flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[imac]k flap,
tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.]
1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon.
--Swift.
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2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates,
which are secured together, side by side, to make a large
girder or built beam.
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3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
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Flitched
(gcide) | Flitch \Flitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flitched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitching.] [See Flitch, n.]
To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, to flitch
logs; to flitch bacon.
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Flitches
(gcide) | Flitch \Flitch\, n.; pl. Flitches. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS.
flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[imac]k flap,
tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.]
1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon.
--Swift.
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2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates,
which are secured together, side by side, to make a large
girder or built beam.
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3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
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Flitching
(gcide) | Flitch \Flitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flitched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitching.] [See Flitch, n.]
To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, to flitch
logs; to flitch bacon.
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Flite
(gcide) | Flite \Flite\, Flyte \Flyte\, n. [AS. fl[imac]t. See Flite.]
Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting;
wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral
side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect
of the nightingale's song is to make women false to
their husbands. --Saintsbury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Flite \Flite\, v. i. [AS. fl[imac]tan to strive, contend,
quarrel; akin to G. fleiss industry.]
To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
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Flitted
(gcide) | Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitting.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.
flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. Fleet, v.
i.]
1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a
rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits
away; a cloud flits along.
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A shadow flits before me. --Tennyson.
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2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.
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3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
another; to remove; to migrate.
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It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,
departing this life, did flit out of one body into
some other. --Hooker.
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4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
& Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.
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5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
--Dryden.
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Flitter
(gcide) | Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
--Lowell.
[1913 Webster]Flitter \Flit"ter\, n. [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern
to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
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Flittermouse
(gcide) | Flittermouse \Flit"ter*mouse`\, n. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf.
G. fledermaus, OHG. fledarm[=u]s. Cf. Flickermouse,
Flindermouse.] (Zool.)
A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and
flintymouse.
[1913 Webster]Pipistrel \Pi*pis"trel\, Pipistrelle \Pip`i*strelle"\, n. [F.
pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.] (Zool.)
A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called
also flittermouse.
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flittermouse
(gcide) | Flittermouse \Flit"ter*mouse`\, n. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf.
G. fledermaus, OHG. fledarm[=u]s. Cf. Flickermouse,
Flindermouse.] (Zool.)
A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and
flintymouse.
[1913 Webster]Pipistrel \Pi*pis"trel\, Pipistrelle \Pip`i*strelle"\, n. [F.
pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.] (Zool.)
A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called
also flittermouse.
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Flittern
(gcide) | Flittern \Flit"tern\, a.
A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.
--McElrath.
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Flittiness
(gcide) | Flittiness \Flit"ti*ness\, n. [From Flitty.]
Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hopkins.
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Flitting
(gcide) | Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitting.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.
flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. Fleet, v.
i.]
1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a
rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits
away; a cloud flits along.
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A shadow flits before me. --Tennyson.
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2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.
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3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
another; to remove; to migrate.
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It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,
departing this life, did flit out of one body into
some other. --Hooker.
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4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
& Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.
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5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Flitting \Flitt"ing\, Flytting \Flytt"ing\, n.
Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical
contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th
century. [Obs. or Scot.]
These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of
sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the
combatants. --Saintsbury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Flitting \Flit"ting\, n.
1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
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2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.]
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A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and
it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to
move away. --Jeffrey.
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Flittingly
(gcide) | Flittingly \Flit"ting*ly\, adv.
In a flitting manner.
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Flitty
(gcide) | Flitty \Flit"ty\, a. [From Flit.]
Unstable; fluttering. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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flitch
(wn) | flitch
n 1: fish steak usually cut from a halibut
2: salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork [syn:
flitch, side of bacon] |
flitter
(wn) | flitter
v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver] |
flittering scotoma
(wn) | flittering scotoma
n 1: a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering
colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of
migraine [syn: scintillating scotoma, {flittering
scotoma}] |
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