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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.

Quotation dates: 1817

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†FLIB, v., n.

I. v. To flap, to wag. Cf. Flab.Ayr. 1817 D. McKillop Poems 107:
It sets their tongues to flib and flab.

II. n. The thin flesh on the belly and flank of sheep (Ayr. 1928).

[A variant form in the same range of words as flap, flip, Flype, etc., indicating (the motion of) something thin and flat.]

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