flickering

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLICK'ERING, participle present tense 1. Fluttering; flapping the wings without flight. 2. adjective With amorous motions of the eye. The fair Lavinia - looks a little flickering after Turnus. FLICK'ERING, noun A fluttering; short irregular movements.
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