flewetn.
/ˈfluːɪt/ Obsolete exc. Scottish and dialect.
A smart blow or stroke, a buffet.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a sharp or smart blow
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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1045/2 With his hand he gaue Sir Thomas..a good flewet vpon the vpper part of the necke.
1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay 24 July xiv For an they winna had their blether, They's get a flewet.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 280 I'd rather suffer for my faut, A hearty flewit.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘Hit him a fluet ower t' lug.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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