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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLITTING

ppr. Flying rapidly; fluttering; moving swiftly.

FLITTING

n.A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLITTING

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.

FLITTING; FLYTTING

FLITTING; FLYTTING Flitt "ing, Flytt "ing, n.

Defn: 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.

FLITTINGLY

FLITTINGLY Flit "ting *ly, adv.

Defn: In a flitting manner.