fly flapper

[Eng. flyflap; -er.] 1. One who drives away flies with a flyflap. 2. A flyflap (q. v.). fly-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [FLY, ข.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act or power of moving through the air with wings. 2. The act of fleeing or running away. flying-army, s. Milit.: A body of soldiers, not lying in a fixed saw-teeth, making percu ion-caps, steel-pens, . com hbut constantinoharhe fly punching-pre , s. A pre for cutting teeth on saws, and for other purposes.