Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner.
- noun A splinter; a thin slice; a small piece or fragment: usually in the plural.
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- noun obsolete except in dialects a
butterfly
Etymologies
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Cognate with Dutch vlinder.
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Examples
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Mae'r diciâu yn afiechyd ffiaidd, mae'n achosi poeri gwaed, gôr boethder, gôr flinder, a cholli pwysau difrifol.
Blogiadur.com 2010
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Framde like the wings of flinder mice, &c. Googe's Translation v. 61.
Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete 1265-1321 Dante Alighieri 1293
lavogdezza commented on the word flinder
a day frittered and flindered
December 3, 2011