FLYER

n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One that uses wings.

2.
n.

The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.

3.
n.

Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

4.
n.

One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.

5.
n.

The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.

6.
n.

The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. Internat. Cyc.

7.
n.

A small operation not involving considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant] Bartlett.


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