Definition of fly

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Fly (v. i.) To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies..

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Corset :: Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.
Transvolation :: Transvolation (n.) The act of flying beyond or across.
Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow..
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Polatouche :: Polatouche (n.) A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.
Popelote :: Popelote (n.) A word variously explained as a little puppet, a little doll, or a young butterfly. Cf. Popet..
Columbatz Fly :: Columbatz fly () See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..
Tin :: Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). At
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Evolation :: Evolation (n.) A flying out or up.
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..
Perlid :: Perlid (n.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidae. See Stone fly, under Stone..
Inquiline :: Inquiline (n.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly..
Remain :: Remain (n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
Temporality :: Temporality (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Summary :: Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly..
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