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flittern

flittern noun: the bark obtained from young oak trees.

Noun

flittern (countable and uncountable, plural flitterns)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) The bark obtained from young oak trees.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) A young oak tree.
    • In August, 1851, 7,600 oak flittern trees and poles were sold by auction1857, William Fordyce, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham

Forms of flittern

pluralflitterns

Questions about flittern

What does flittern mean?
Flittern means the bark obtained from young oak trees.
What part of speech is flittern?
Flittern is a noun.
What is the plural of flittern?
The plural of flittern is flitterns.

Words near flittern in the dictionary

  1. flittering
  2. flitterings
  3. flitterjigs
  4. flittermice
  5. flittermouse
  6. flittern
  7. flitterns
  8. flitters
  9. flittery
  10. flittier
  11. flittiest

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