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 program, 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.

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.

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