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   Flyer (?), n. [See Flier.]
   1. One that uses wings.
   
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   2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
   
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   3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
   
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   4. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
   
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   5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
   
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   6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.  Internat. Cyc.
   
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   7. (Stock Jobbing) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant]  Bartlett.
   
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