Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FLICK'ER
FLICK'ER, v.i. [Sax. fliccerian; Scot. flecker, to quiver; D. flikkeren, to twinkle; probably a diminutive from the root of fly.]
- To flutter; to flap the wings without flying; to strike rapidly with the wings. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.
- To fluctuate. Burton.
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