Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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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.]
