Including new copper flashings set into the brickwork, copper drip edge, and new plywood on one of the porches, the job was $14,000, not including the cost to have a mason remove and reinstall the stone caps on the parapet walls.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  flit, dart(noun) a sudden quick movement. 2  flit(verb) a secret move (to avoid paying debts) they did a moonlight flit. 3  flit, flutter, fleet, dart(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. The hummingbird flitted among the branches.
Flotsam is the floating wreckage of a ship. You'll often hear it used with the word jetsam, which refers to floating objects that have been thrown from a ship, usually to lighten it before it sinks. You can keep flotsam and jetsam straight by remembering that flotsam looks like the word, float, and jetsam looks like jettison which means to cast off.