Definition of Flichter

1. to flicker [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: flicker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flichter

fley
fleyed
fleying
fleys
flibanserin
flibbergib
flibbergibs
flibbertigibbet
flibbertigibbets
flibberty-gibbet
flibustier
flibustiers
flic
flicflac
flicflacs
flichter (current term)
flichtered
flichtering
flichters
flick
flick-knife
flick-knives
flick-on
flick knife
flick knives
flick movements
flick over
flick through

Literary usage of Flichter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"A great number of small objects flying in the air ; as, a flichter of bird», ... But as the v. flichter properly denotes the act of moving the wings, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"To flichter is to flutter, to quiver with joyous excitement, and also to startle or alarm. The word is evidently akin to the English flight and the Teutonic ..."

3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"flichter of maw. A flake of snow. flichter (gutt.), i. A great number of small objects flying in theair ..."

4. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1880)
"... For she couldna thole the sting ; An' she flichter'd east, an' she flichter'd wast, Sae wild an' sae shrill she sang : "O tell me—tell me true, ..."

5. The Scottish Poets Recent and Living by Alexander G. Murdoch (1883)
"... flew frae her mossy nest, For she couldna thole the sting ; An' she flichter'd east, and she flichter'd west, ..."

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