{ } n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [ Obs. or Scot. ]

These “flytings” consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A removal from one habitation to another. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flitting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]