Definition of Flyting
{ Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing } (?),
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.
{ Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing } (?),
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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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