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One that uses wings. |
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The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6. |
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Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a
theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc. |
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One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as
in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder. |
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The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning
frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from
their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11. |
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The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind
veers. |
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A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's
capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. |
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