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noun
Flyte, Flite  n.  Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. (Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.) "The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side... in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands."





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"Flyte" Quotes from Famous Books



... that which is in his hand, seeing he is young in years and hath no knowledge of war nor judgment thereto, nor is there any left to counsel him aright or succour him. Wherefore this very day will I open on him the door of mischief by writing him a writ wherein I will flyte him and reproach him with that which he hath done and see what he will reply." So he indited him a letter to the following effect, "In the name of Allah the Compassionating, the Compassionate! * And after ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton


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