-
cape fly-away
A cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances. (See fog.)
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Away
·adv From a place; hence.
II. Away ·adv Aside; off; in another direction.
III. Away ·adv From a st...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly
·vt To hunt with a hawk.
II. Fly ·add. ·noun Waste cotton.
III. Fly ·vi A <<Parasite>>.
IV. Fly ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly
Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked ag...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
fly
1) Knowing. Acquainted with another's meaning or proceeding. The rattling cove is fly; the coachman ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
fly
, or compass-card
, placed on the magnetic-needle and supported by a pin, whereon it turns freely....
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Away-going
·adj Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration;
— said of cr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
to spirit away
To kidnap, or inveigle away.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
to blaze away
To keep up a discharge of fire-arms. A good English phrase.
The hunter (of the west) attacks the ol...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
to fire away
To begin; to go on. An expression borrowed from the language of soldiers and sailors.
A well-known ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
right away
Directly; immediately.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
away aloft
The order to the men in the rigging to start up.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
away off
At a distance, but in sight.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
away there
The call for a boat's crew; as, "away there! barge-men."
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
bowling away
See bolling away
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
bolling or bowling away
Going with a free wind.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
cast-away
Shipwrecked.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
ease away!
To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-away
Go on with your remarks.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
here-away
A term when a look-out man announces a rhumb or bearing of any object in this quarter.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
lash away
A phrase to hasten the lashing of hammocks.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
pay away
The same as paying out (which see). To pass out the slack of a cable or rope.
♦ Pay down. Send che...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
right away!
It is a habit of seamen answering when a sail is discovered from the mast-head; "Right away on the b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
there away!
A phrase accompanied by pointing on a bearing, or to an object in sight. Thereabout, in that quarter...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
walk away!
The order to step out briskly with a tackle fall, as in hoisting boats.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
where away?
In what bearing? a question to the man at the mast-head to designate in what direction a strange sai...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Adder fly
·- A dragon fly.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Alder fly
·add. ·- An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
II. Alde...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Berna fly
·- A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in woun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Breeze fly
·noun A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormen...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bull fly
·noun ·Alt. of <<Bullfly>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Burrel fly
·- The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). ·see <<Gadfly>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Canker fly
·- A fly that preys on fruit.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Chalcid fly
·- One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are pa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Columbatz fly
·- ·see Buffalo fly, under <<Buffalo>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Drone fly
·- A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. ·see <<Eristalis>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly amanita
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Fly fungus.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly fungus
·add. ·- A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright r...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly-bitten
·adj Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly-case
·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly-catching
·adj Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fly-fish
·vi To angle, using flies for bait.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Syrphus fly
·- Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Vinegar fly
·add. ·- Any of several fruit flies, ·esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly seal...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Warega fly
·- A Brazilian fly whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
White fly
·add. ·- Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
black fly
The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
fly slicers
Life-guard men, from their sitting on horseback, under an arch, where they are frequently observed t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
fly-flapped
Whipt in the stocks, or at the cart's tail.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
fly-catcher
n.
bird-name used elsewhere.The Australian species are – – Black-faced Flycatcher – – Monarcha mela...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fly-eater
n.
the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.Th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fly-orchis
n.
name applied in Tasmania to theorchid, Prasophyllum patens, R. Br.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
kangaroo-fly
n.
a small Australian fly, Cabarus. See quotations.
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
to fly around
To stir about; to be active. A very common expression.
Come, gals, fly round, and let's get Mrs. Cl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
fly ring
laughing, fleering, or sneering. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
fly-block
The block spliced into the topsail-tye; it is large and flat, and sometimes double.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fly-boat
A large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whose burden is generally from 300 to 600 tons. It is distinguis...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fly-up
A sudden deviation upwards from a sheer line; the term is nearly synonymous with flight.
♦ To fly ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fly-wheel
The regulator of a machine.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Fly, Flies
The two following Hebrew terms denote flies of some kind:
• Zebub, which occurs only in (Ecclesiast...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
away she goes
The order to step out with the tackle fall. The cry when a vessel starts on the ways launching; also...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
away with it
The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
carry away, to
To break; as, "That ship has carried away her fore-topmast," i.e. has broken it off. It is customary...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
ease away there!
,or ease away there!
To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
edge away, to
To decline gradually from the course which the ship formerly steered, by sailing larger, or more off...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
north-away yawl
The old term for Norway yawl (which see).
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
pull-away-boys
A name given on the West Coast of Africa to the native Kroo-men, who are engaged by the shipping to ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
wind away, to
To steer through narrow channels.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Mediterranean fruit fly
·add. ·- A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
fly-by-night
You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
wagtail fly-catcher
See wagtail
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fly-by-night
A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
let fly, to
To let go a rope at once, suddenly.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
veer away the cable, to
To slack and let it run out.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
to make the fur fly
To claw; scratch; wound severely. Used figuratively.
Mr. Hannegan was greatly excited, which proved...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
fly the sheets, to let
To let them go suddenly.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fallen away from a horse load to a cart load
A saying on one grown fat.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose