An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

2. To be fliskit, to be fretted, Fife.
A. Douglas.

To FLIST, v. n.
1. To fly off, S.
2. To be in a violent emotion, S. B.
Ross.
3. It's flistin, it rains and blows at once, S. B.

Teut. flits-en, evolare, Sw. flaes-a, anhelare.

Flist, s.
1. A squall, Ang.
2. A flying shower of snow, Ang.
3. A fit of anger, Ang.

Flisty, adj.
1. Stormy, squally, Ang.
2. Passionate, irascible, Ang.

To FLIT, FLYT, v. a.
1. To transport in whatever way, S.
Burns.
2. To transport by water.
Barbour.

Su. G. flytt-a. transportare ab uno loco ad alterum. Isl. flytt-ia, vecto.

To Flit, Flyt, v. n. To remove from one house to another, S.
Kelly.

Dan. flytt-er, id.

Flitting, s.
1. The act of removing from one place of residence to another, S.
2. The furniture, &c. removed, S.
Wyntown.
3. A moonlight flitting, removal without paying one's debts, S.
Ramsay.