Flitting
Flitting , noun
1.
A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
2.
A removal from one habitation to another. [Scottish & Provincial English]
A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away.
Flitting , noun
Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obsolete or Scottish]
These “flytings” consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
Also: Flytting