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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flitt·ing, Flytt·ing  n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.]
    These =\“flytings consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.\=    --Saintsbury.