flyte
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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Ye needna fash to flyte; I'm no' feared.
From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)
Now this was mair than Hugh could stan’ Frae Tam to get the wite, And getting vent, he burst on Tam, Then baith began to flyte.
From Splores of a Halloween, Twenty Years Ago by Dick, Alexander
O Bell, why dost thou flyte and scorne?
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
You would hardly do the right thing, if I didn't flyte at you, Andrew.
From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Sing o' her carles teuch an' auld, Her carlines grim that flyte an' scauld, Her wabsters blithe, an' souters bauld, Her flocks an' herds sae fair to see.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
Father was very angry when he came, and said he'd take it to the workhouse the next morning, and flyted me sadly about it.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
Father was very angry when he came, and said he’d take it to the workhouse the next morning, and flyted me sadly about it.
From Lizzie Leigh by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Rumbleberry fought and flyted like a fleeing dragon.
From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir
There ne'er was a fair word in flyting.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
There was never a fair word in flyting.
From Collection of Scotch Proverbs by Stampoy, Pappity
What is your quarrel about, and for what are ye flyting against the kirk and the minister and the kirkkeepers?
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
There's a frown on the brow o' the Urie, and his face is hidden from me, and listen to the grumbling and flyting o' the burn.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
Take off the ring, sweetling, and get thee to thine hunting, for if thou come home empty-handed there will be flyting awaiting thee, or worse.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William
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