{ } n. [ AS. flīt. 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]