FLITTER
Flit"ter, v. i.
Defn: To flutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FLITTER
Flit"ter, v. t.
Defn: To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
Lowell.
FLITTER Flit"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
Defn: A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
FLITTERMOUSE
Flit"ter*mouse`, n. Etym: [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf. G. fledermaus,
OHG. fledarm. Cf. Flickermouse, Flindermouse.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bat; — called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.
FLITTERN
Flit"tern, a.
Defn: A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.
McElrath.