Flyer
['flaɪə] or ['flaɪɚ]
Definition
(n.) One that uses wings.
(n.) The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
(n.) Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
(n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
(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.
(n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
(n.) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.
Edited by Antony
Examples
- In this they are compressed and at the same time twisted by the revolution of a long carriage or flyer, which can be made to vary in speed and direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If I get by degrees to be a higher-flyer at Fashion, then Mrs Boffin will by degrees come for'arder. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In this the full reels are lifted by overhead chains and are placed in the vertical flyers of the laying-machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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