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FLIER n. 4 definitions
One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.
FLOATING CHARGE; FLOATING LIEN n.
A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.
FOLIER n.
Goldsmith's foil. [R.] Sprat.
FORELIE v.
To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.
FORLIE v.
See Forlie.
FUSILEER; FUSILIER n. 2 definitions
A title now borne by some regiments and companies; as, "The Royal Fusiliers," etc.
GALLIED p.
Worried; flurried; frightened. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
GASALIER n.
A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
GASELIER n.
A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
GASOLIER n.
Same as Gasalier.
GILLIE; GILLY n.
A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.
GONDOLIER n.
A man who rows a gondola.
GOR-BELLIED a.
Bog-bellied. [Obs.]
GREAT-BELLIED a.
Having a great belly, bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak.
GROLIER n.
The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a design, etc.
HALIEUTICS n.
A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
HALLIER n.
A kind of net for catching birds.
HELLIER n.
One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher. [Obs.] [Written also heler.] Usher.
HIGHFLIER n.
One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.
IMPLIED a.
Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.
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