About The Word Flite
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What's The Definition Of Flite?Synonyms | Synonyms for Flite: Related Terms | Find terms related to Flite: See Also | Flite In Webster's Dictionary \Flite\, v. i. [AS. fl[=i]tan to strive, contend, quarrel;
akin to G. fleiss industry.]
To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
\Flite\, Flyte \Flyte\, n. [AS. fl[=i]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. |
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