Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flitter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
--Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flitter \Flit"ter\, n. [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern
to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. {Flitter}, v. i.]
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flitter
v : move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle [syn: {flicker},
{waver}, {flutter}, {quiver}]
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