flittern

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noun

The bark obtained from young oak trees.

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Meanings

nounflittern (countable and uncountable, plural flitterns)

plural flitterns

  1. countabledialectalobsoleteuncountableThe bark obtained from young oak trees.
  2. countabledialectalobsoleteuncountableA young oak tree.

    In August, 1851, 7,600 oak flittern trees and poles were sold by auction

    1857, William Fordyce, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
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APA

flittern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flittern

MLA

“flittern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flittern. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flittern,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flittern.

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