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Webster 1913 Edition

Flier

Fli′er

(flī′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[Form
Fly
,
Verb.
; cf.
Flyer
]
1.
One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.
Shak.
2.
(Mach.)
A fly. See
Fly
,
Noun.
, 9, and 13
(b)
.
3.
(Spinning)
See
Flyer
,
Noun.
, 5.
4.
(Arch.)
See
Flyer
,
Noun.
, 4.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flier

FLI'ER

,
Noun.
[See Fly. It ought to be flyer.]
1.
One that flies or flees.
2.
A runaway; a fugitive.
3.
A part of a machine which, by moving rapidly, equalizes and regulates the motion of the whole; as the flier of a jack.

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