Definition of fly

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Fly (v. i.) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work..

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Gadfly :: Gadfly (n.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese..
Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.
Brize :: Brize (n.) The breeze fly. See Breeze.
Use :: Use (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger..
Burly :: Burly (a.) Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky..
Mahabharatam :: Mahabharatam (n.) A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel..
Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..
Sawfly :: Sawfly (n.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
Notandum :: Notandum (n.) A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.
Flyfish :: Flyfish (n.) A California scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors..
Storier :: Storied (a.) Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house..
Famous :: Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate..
Fire Beetle :: Fire beetle () A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly..
Snow :: Snow (v. i.) To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday..
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades..
Ember :: Ember (n.) A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire..
Bullfly :: Bullfly (n.) Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies..
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