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▪ I. † flate, n. Obs. rare—1.
App. = flatus 2.
a1644Quarles Virg. Widow v. i, There's a Malignant Hypocondriacall Flate within her, which fumes up, and disturbs her head.
▪ II. † flate, v. Obs.
[app. a dial. var. of wlate, to feel disgust or nausea.]
intr. To feel nausea. Hence † ˈflatingness, nausea.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxii. (1495) 676 Oyle drastes is not good to mete, For suche excytyth flatyngnesse & spewynge. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 98 Þat may be knowen..bi swetnes of þe mouþ, bi flating [v.r. wlattynge] whanne þat a man is fastynge. |