Flyte

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of flite. alt-of, alternative

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of flite. alt-of, alternative

    "It was plain she was in the worst of tempers. She flyted on the lass till the poor thing's cheek paled."

Example

More examples

"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."

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