Definition of fly

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Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

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Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Musca :: Musca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species..
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey..
Okenite :: Okenite (n.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime..
Storier :: Storied (a.) Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house..
Frail :: Frail (n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins..
Mention :: Mention (v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
Dayfly :: Dayfly (n.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral..
Isinglass :: Isinglass (n.) A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
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Firk :: Firk (v. i.) To fly out; to turn out; to go off.
Stud :: Stud (n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss..
Wis :: Wis (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis..
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Fly :: Fly (v. i.) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
Masted :: Masted (a.) Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner..
Gadbee :: Gadbee (n.) The gadfly.
Pyrosmalite :: Pyrosmalite (n.) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe..
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