Fly: alternatives and connections

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to b…

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Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to b…

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One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.

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To take one's self off; to decamp.

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A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one wi…

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A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low…

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To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.

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Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.

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To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or…

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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

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The glede or kite.

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A cover; a shelter; a protection.

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Same as 2d Get.

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Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

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To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Same as Arrack.

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To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

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A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

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A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or…

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A violent gust of wind.

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Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.

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To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.

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One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.

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A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It re…

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Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangea…

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A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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An insect of the order Diptera.

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To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Jet, the mineral.

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Gone.

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It.

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of Hit

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To lead in; to introduce.

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The travel or work of a day.

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To beat soundly; to thrash.

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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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of Open

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To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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To labor; to travail.

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An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

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An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

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The art or science of flying.

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The art or science of flying.

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One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.

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One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.

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One that uses wings.

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One that uses wings.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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A driving; a violent movement.

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Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

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Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

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of Fall

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To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, makin…

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One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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