Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLIRT, n.

1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion. In unfurling the fan are several little flirts and vibrations. – Addison.
2. A young girl who moves hastily or frequently from place to place; a pert girl. Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out / of the fashionable world. – Addison.