Part 4393

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Flirt</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.</def>

<blockquote>Several little <b>flirts</b> and vibrations. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>With many a <b>flirt</b> and flutter. <i>E. A. Poe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>flirtje</ets>, G. <ets>flirtchen</ets>. See <er>Flirt</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.</def>

<blockquote>Several young <b>flirts</b> about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flirt</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pert; wanton.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Flirtation</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flir*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Playing at courtship; coquerty.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>flirtations</b> and jealousies of our ball rooms. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flirt-gill</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt"-gill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>You heard him take me up like a <b>flirt-gill</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flirtigig</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt"i*gig</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wanton, pert girl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Flirtingly</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a flirting manner.</def>

<h1>Flisk</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flisk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To frisk; to skip; to caper.</def> <mark>[Obs. Scot.]</mark> "The <i>flisking</i> flies."

<i>Gosson.</i>

<h1>Flisk</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flisk</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A caper; a spring; a whim.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Flit</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flitted</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flitting</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>flitten</ets>, <ets>flutten</ets>, to carry away; cf. Icel. <ets>flytja</ets>, Sw. <ets>flytta</ets>, Dan. <ets>flytte</ets>. <?/ 84. Cf. <er>Fleet</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; <as>as, a bird <ex>flits</ex> away; a cloud <ex>flits</ex> along.</as></def>

<blockquote>A shadow <b>flits</b> before me. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>