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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1596-1624, 1680-1700+
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Flichter, Flighter, v.2 [Of obscure origin.] tr. To bind (with cords or ropes); to pinion. 1596 Reg. Privy C. V. 301.
[They] patt handis in the said Barbara, band and flichterit hir with coirdis 1609 Grahame Anat. Hum. 12 b.
He … sits like one flightred in rops 1623–4 Peebles B. Rec. 411.
For four foddome of cordis to flichter Thomas Pattersone 1680 Wodrow Hist. II. 141.
On a bare-backed horse, with … his hands flightered with ropes 1723–4 Stirling B. Rec. II. 357.
Small tows for flightering them [sc. two women]
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