fly water

A liquid composed of a solution of arsenic, qua ia bark, ., used for killing flies. fly-wheel, s. Mach .: A heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement. By its inertia it opposes any sudden acceleration of speed, and by its momentum it prevents sudden diminution of speed; in the latter case it acts as a store of power to continue the movement when the motor tem porarily flags, or in pa ing dead centers when the motor is inoperative. Fly-wheels are also used to accumulate power. fly, a. [Etym. doubtful.] Sharp, wide awake. fly-bāne, s. [Eng.fly, and bane.] Bot .: Agaric us muscarius . IMG:content-1834.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Zool.: The same as FLYING-LIZARD (q. v.). Flying-Dutchman, s. 1. Mythol.: A phantom Dutch ship supposed to be encountered off the Cape of Good Hope. The origin of the myth is doubtful. The popular explanation is that, on account of a murder committed on board his ve el, or a boastful exclamation of his own, a captain was doomed to beat in a phantom ship against storms till the day of judgment. Another explanation is that a Dutch ve el with all hands was lost off the Cape of Good Hope, fly-bit-ten, a. [Eng. fly, and bitten.] Marked of old called the Cape of Storms; but, if the app a by the bites of flies. fly-blow, v. t. & i. [Eng. fly, and blow.] A. Transitive : 1. Lit.: To deposit eggs in, as the blowfly in meat. *2. Fig.: To corrupt, to taint. "I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them."-Stilling fleet. B. In trans.: To deposit eggs on meat, as the blowfly. fly-blow, s . [FLYBLOW, v.] The egg of a blowfly. fly blown, a . [FLYBLOW, C.] Tainted with maggots; stained by flies; impure, putrid.