fly-blown.
/ˈflʌɪbləʊ/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌbloʊ/ 1. The egg deposited by a fly in the flesh of an animal, or the maggot proceeding therefrom. Also collective. Rarely the action of depositing the egg.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > young
maggot?a1475
fly-blow1556
fly-maggot1692
fly state1791
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xliv. 229 This flie hath blown fliblowe in mine eare a pecke.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 467/1 Little long eggs called Fly blowes.
1712 J. Warder True Amazons 19 The Eggs..are..something bigger than the common Fly-blow.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 34 Lest touch of busy fly-blows wound their skin.
c1825 Village Dialogue Bull-baiting: Pt. 2 (Houlston Tracts, No. 28) xxvii. 8 Its poor wounds were all full of fly-blows.
2. = by-blow n. 3.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > illegitimate child
avetrolc1300
bastardc1330
misbegetc1330
whoresonc1330
horcop14..
get?a1513
misbegotten1546
misbegot1558
mamzer1562
base1571
bantling1593
by-blow1595
by-chopa1637
by-scape1646
by-slipa1670
illegitimate1673
stall-whimper1676
love brata1700
slink1702
child, son of shame1723
babe of love1728
adulterine1730
come-by-chance?1750
byspel1781
love-child1805
come-o'-will1815
chance-child1838
chance-bairn1863
side-slip1872
fly-blow1875
catch colt1901
illegit1913
outside child1930
1875 ‘Ouida’ Signa I. viii. 140.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
fly-blowv.
/ˈflʌɪbləʊ/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌbloʊ/ 1. transitive. Of the fly: to deposit eggs in (meat, etc.); hence, to corrupt secretly, taint. Chiefly figurative.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt
corrumpa1340
corrupt1382
perisha1400
cankera1450
gangrenate1532
putrefy?1548
cankerfret1585
debauch1603
fly-blow1605
bebauch1607
perjurea1616
ulcer1642
dross1648
deboise1654
gangrene1658
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 511 Is not he blest That..Can claw his subtle elbow, or with a buzze Flieblow [1616: Fly-blow] his eares. View more context for this quotation
1678 B. R. Let. Popish Friends 7 If we cannot wound the Government mortally, lets Fly-blow it with Scandals and Suspicions.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 77 Court vermin that..fly-blow the king's ear, and make him waste..his people's wealth.
1813 T. Moore Let. in Mem. (1853) I. 349 A whole swarm of imitators..will completely fly-blow all the novelty of my subject.
2. intransitive (or absol.) Of flies: to deposit their eggs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [verb (intransitive)] > deposit eggs
fly-blow1735
1735 A. Pope Of Char. of Women 7 So morning Insects..Shine, buzz, and fly-blow, in the setting-sun.
Derivatives
fly-blowing n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [noun]
lousiness1530
fly-blowing1610
vermiculation1611
pulicosity1656
bugginess1736
mousiness1882
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all 13 If it were not for us, much good meate would be in danger of Fly-blowing.
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. ii. 42 Sheep do not require to be dipped in this district, as there are no ticks, no foot-rot, and little fly-blowing.
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