In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
A wing.
A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
A butterfly (combination of four options).
An act of flying.
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
waste cotton
Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
A fly ball.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Related terms: flyman
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
To be in the winged adult stage.
To hunt with a hawk.
To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
To be accepted, come about or work out.
To proceed with great success.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
A knitting needle.
Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
A telecommunication wire or cable.
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
To string on a wire.
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
To install eavesdropping equipment.
To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To equip with wires for use with electricity.