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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†FLAST, v. To boast, swagger. Rare.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 165:
Saw you not late yon flastin' fellie . . . Spreading flatlins on the yird.

[An echoic variant of Flist, q.v. Cf. O.Sc. flast, to cause to fly off or explode, c.1590.]

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