v. Sc. Obs. [f. flod FLOOD sb. + -ER2. Cf. FLOTTER.] trans. To flood. a. To overflow. b. transf. To ‘blubber’ or disfigure (the face) by weeping.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. Prol., 52. The law vaille flodderit all wyth spait. Ibid., XI. ii. 80. With gret terys flodderit his face and ene.
