flite

Flite, v. i. Etym: [AS. flitan to strive, contend, quarrel; akin to G. fleiss industry.] Defn: To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. Flite, Flyte, n. [AS. flit. See Flite.] Defn: 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. Saintsbury.

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