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Flier :: Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 4..

Satinet :: Satinet (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers..

Fly :: 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..

Flyboat :: Flyboat (n.) A large Dutch coasting vessel.

Flyblow :: Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows..

Notary :: Notary (n.) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public..

Brevipennate :: Brevipennate (a.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu..

Fuzz :: Fuzz (v. i.) To fly off in minute particles.

Avolation :: Avolation (n.) The act of flying; flight; evaporation.

Lengthy :: Lengthy (superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like..

Soupe-maigre :: Soupe-maigre (n.) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Ladanum :: Ladanum (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation..

Devil's Darning-needle :: Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t..

Credence :: Credence (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose..

Catchfly :: Catchfly (n.) A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly..

March :: March (n.) A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales..

Helvite :: Helvite (n.) A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur..

Ecchymose :: Ecchymose (v. t.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed..

Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown.

Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..

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