flyfish (flifish)

A scorpænoid fish, Seba stichthys rhodochloris, with moderate scales, smooth cranial ridges, and pale blotches on the sides, surrounded by green shades. It is about a foot long, and is found in deep water off the coast of California. fly-fisher (fli'fish"ėr), n. flies as lures. One who angles with A sly allusion to the colo al catches reported by ima ginative fly - fishers. The Critic, April 3, 1886. fly-fishing (fli'fishing), n. The art or practice of angling for fish with a rod and natural or artificial flies as lures. Fly- fishing , or fishing at the top, is, as I said before, of two sorts, with a natural and living fly, or with an artificial and made fly. Cotton , in Walton's Angler, ii. 241. fly-flap (fli'flap), n. 1. Something with which to drive away flies; a fly-flapper. A flie - flap , wherewith to chase them away from blowing of meate, flabellum. Withals, Dict. (ed. 1608), p. 207. 2. A kind of somersault. See the extract. There was also the feat of turning round with great rapidity, alternately bearing upon the hands and feet, denominated the fly - flap . Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 317. fly-flapper (fli'flap"ėr), n. 1. One who drives away flies by means of a fly-flap.-2. A fly-flap. -3. One who turns fly-flaps. fly-frame (fli'fram), n. 1. In printing, the longer rods on three sides of the fly of a printing pre , which give the smaller rods proper strength and stiffne .-2. In plate - gla manuf., a machine for grinding smooth any roughne es upon the surface of the plates. It consists of two beds of stone or cast-iron placed a short distance apart, with a pivoted frame with two arms secured between them, and oscillating on its pivot. The arms carry heavy rubbing-plates, each being secured to its arm by a pin traveling in a slot in the arm. When the machine is set in motion, sand and water are applied between the rubbing-plates and the plates of gla , which are secured upon the beds by plaster of Paris, and a vigorous grinding action is induced upon the surface of the gla . - Bobbin and fly-frame. See bobbin.