FLITTING

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.

2.
n.

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.