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flitting
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flitting
(encz) | flitting,přemístění [tech.] Lukáš "Fruiko" Nedvěd |
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.
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Flitting
(gcide) | 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.
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Flitting
(gcide) | 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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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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