Flit
(Flit), a. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
Flitch
(Flitch) n.; pl. Flitches [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. flik flap,
tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.]
1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift.
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.
3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
Flite
(Flite) v. i. [AS. flitan to strive, contend, quarrel; akin to G. fleiss industry.] To scold; to quarrel.
[Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Flitter
(Flit"ter) v. i. To flutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Flitter
(Flit"ter), v. t. To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.] Lowell.
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.
Flittermouse
(Flit"ter*mouse`) n. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf. G. fledermaus, OHG. fledarmus. Cf. Flickermouse,
Flindermouse.] (Zoöl.) A bat; — called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.
Flittern
(Flit"tern) a. A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees. McElrath.
Flittiness
(Flit"ti*ness) n. [From Flitty.] Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] Bp. Hopkins.
Flitting
(Flit"ting) n.
1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move
away.
Jeffrey. Flittingly
(Flit"ting*ly), adv. In a flitting manner.
Flitty
(Flit"ty) a. [From Flit.] Unstable; fluttering. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Flix
(Flix) n. [Cf. Flax.] Down; fur. [Obs. or Eng.] J. Dyer.
Flix
(Flix), n. The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] Udall.
Flix weed (Bot.), the Sisymbrium Sophia, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for
dysentery.
Flo
(Flo) n.; pl. Flon [AS. fla, flan.] An arrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Float
(Float) n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fleótan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G.
floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. &radic 84. See Fleet, v. i., and cf. Flotilla, Flotsam,
Plover.]
1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height
of the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: (a) A mass of timber or boards fastened
