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

Nautch :: Nautch (n.) An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.

Stahlian :: Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils..

Eulytite :: Eulytite (n.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine..

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

Bullfly :: Bullfly (n.) Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies..

Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.

Progne :: Progne (n.) An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma..

Frustrate :: Frustrate (v. t.) To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed..

Tempered :: Tempered (a.) Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance..

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Cheiroptera :: Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat..

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..

Flit :: Flit (v. i.) To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along..

Tophus :: Tophus (n.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium..

Toed :: Toed (a.) Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed..

Carinatae :: Carinatae (n. pl.) A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone..

Stellular :: Stellionate (n.) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..

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