Flaitch, C, Fleech, S, coax. Sometimes used as a noun, thus—

“He’s a fair _flaitch_ when he wants owte.”—Said of me.

“She _fleech’t_ him fairly to his bed

By ca’in’ him her burdie.”

Christ’s Kirk on the Green.

Flaucht, S, flash.

“Ae fire-_flaucht_ darted through the rain,

Where a’ was dark afore.”

_Kirkpatrick Sharp._ Murder of Carlaverock.

Flay, C, Fley, S, to frighten.

“_Fleying_ a bird’s no the gate to grip it.”—Proverb.

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