16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats,
etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance,
usually high in the air, also called a fly ball; also, the flight of a
ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under Black, Cheese, etc.
-- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom (Agaricus muscarius), having a
narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly
block (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of
the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle
of yards. -- Fly board (Printing Press), the board on which printed
sheets are deposited by the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a
book for anglers' flies. Kingsley. -- Fly cap, a cap with wings,
formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a reciprocating
motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by
the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle
as it rotates backward and forward. Knight. -- Fly fishing, the act or
art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. Walton. --
Fly flap, an implement for killing flies. -- Fly governor, a governor
for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant of the
honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem and the flowers in
pairs, as L. ciliata and L. Xylosteum. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied
with an artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the beginning
or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- Fly maggot, a maggot
bred from the egg of a fly. Ray. -- Fly net, a screen to exclude
insects. -- Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
nut. -- Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose flowers
resemble flies. - - Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing
flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. -- Fly powder, an
arsenical powder used to poison flies. -- Fly press, a screw press for
punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. --
Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a
table. -- Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. --
Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. -- Fly snapper
(Zoˆl.), an American bird (Phainopepla nitens), allied to the
chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female
brownish gray. -- Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to
machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or
give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See Fly, n.,
9. -- On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball
caught before touching the ground..
Fly (?), a. Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
[Slang] Dickens.
flyaway adj. 1. frivolous; -- of people. serious Syn. -- flighty.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Tending to move away from a center, rather than remain in a compact
group; -- used of hair or clothing or of small particles of matter.
Light objects or particles readily taking a static electric charge may
be moved apart by acquisition of a charge, or by approach of a charged
object. Such a property is called flyaway. Syn. -- fluttering. [WordNet
1.5]
Fly"bane` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also,
a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
Fly"-bit`ten (?), a. Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies. Shak.
Fly"blow` (?), v. t. To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat;
to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with
flyblows. Bp. Srillingfleet.
Fly"blow`, n. (Zoˆl.) One of the eggs or young larvÊ deposited by a
flesh fly, or blowfly.
Fly"blown` (?), a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged;
foul.
Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled.
Thackeray.
Fly"boat` (?), n. [Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot.] 1. (Naut.) A large
Dutch coasting vessel.
Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest
with two flyboats.
Purchas.