And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
Dryden.
Flit, a. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
Flitch (?), n.; pl. Flitches (#). [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce,
akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. flk flap, tatter; perh. akin to E.
fleck. Cf. Flick, n.] 1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of
bacon. Swift.
2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are
secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.