Sc. Obs. Also 5 floyt(e, flot. [Conjectured to be a variant of FLUTE v.] trans. ? To trim with ‘fluting.’ Hence Floting vbl. sb. (used concr. and attrib.).
1473. in Ld. Treas. Accts. Scotl., I. 16. To the sammyn ij dowblatis ij1/2 elne of braid clath to flote thaim. Ibid. (1474), 23. To by stufe and floting for the Kingis doublat of broune purure dammask. Ibid. (1491), 188. Quhyt fustiane to floyt a dowblat of dwn sattin.
