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†FLIGHTER, v. To pinion, to bind (the limbs) with cords.Sc. 1707 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) I. 108:
His arms were loosely flightereed, that he had freedome enough to use his staff.Sc. a.1730 A. Pennecuik Poems (1787) 14:
He flighter'd every arm and leg.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 42:
His legs they loos'd, but flighter'd held his hands.
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