Flit"ting (?), n. 1.
A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
2. A removal from one habitation to
another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting,
and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move
away.
Jeffrey.{ Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing } (?),
n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a
kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in
the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.]
These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents
of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the
combatants.
Saintsbury.