Now only Sc. [repr. OE. *flot (in flotsmeru floating grease), or a. ON. flot (= Sw. flott), f. weak grade of root of FLEET v. Cf. FLOTESSE.] ‘The scum of a pot of broth when it is boiling’ (Jamieson).
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1011. As a fornes ful of flot þat vpon fyr boyles.
