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Webster 1913 Edition

Flyblow

Fly′blowˊ

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Verb.
T.
To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
Bp. Srillingfleet.

Fly′blowˊ

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Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flyblow

FLYBLOW

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Verb.
T.
To deposit an egg in any thing, as a fly; to taint with the eggs which produce maggots.
Like a flyblown cake of tallow.

FLYBLOW

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Noun.
The egg of a fly.

Definition 2024

flyblow

flyblow

English

Noun

flyblow ‎(plural flyblows)

  1. The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat.

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Verb

flyblow ‎(third-person singular simple present flyblows, present participle flyblowing, simple past flyblew, past participle flyblown)

  1. (transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate.
    • Bishop Stillingfleet
      I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them.

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