Brewing. [? f. FLIGHT + -ER1. ? Orig. = ‘wing’; cf. FLICHTER v.2] (See quot.)
1825. Jamieson, Suppl., Flichters, that part of the Fanners which raises the wind.
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 882/1. Flighter. A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.
