| flyer |
noun |
One that uses wings., The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6., Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc., One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder., 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., The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers., A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one’s capital, or not in the line of one’s ordinary business; a venture. |