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Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.

Tsetse :: Tsetse (n.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year..

Fly-fish :: Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait..

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..

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.

Outfly :: Outfly (v. t.) To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than.

Haloid :: Haloid (a.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides..

Stealingly :: Stealing (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Bird :: Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..

Bull Fly :: Bull fly (n.) Alt. of Bullfl.

Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook..

Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine..

Uraninite :: Uraninite (n.) A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende..

Wing :: Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..

Friesic :: Friesic (n.) The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark..

Papilionaceous :: Papilionaceous (a.) Resembling the butterfly.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag..

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

Quartziferous :: Quartziferous (a.) Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.

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