The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flytting
Flitting \Flitt"ing\, Flytting \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.