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

FLURDOM, FLYRDOM, s.
Kennedy.

FLURISFEVER, s. The scarlet fever, S. B. denominated from the ruddiness of the skin.

FLURISH, FLOURISH, s. Blossom, S.
Hume.

FLUSCH, s.
1. A run of water.
Doug.
2. Snow in a state of dissolution, S.
3. Abundance, generally applied to liquids, S.

Germ. fluss, aqua vel humor fluens.

To FLUSTER, v. n. To be in a bustle, S.

Isl. flaust-r, praecipitantia, flaustr-a, incaute festinare.

Fluster, s. Bustle, confusion proceeding from hurry, S.

FLUTCH, s. An inactive person, Loth.

Teut. flauw, languidus.