10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLYBLOWS»
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flyblows in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Correspondence of John Ray: Consisting of Selections ...
A third, to try whether insects will be bred in a beef's bladder so close that no
passage be left for any flyblows. And because flies may be said to have blown on
the outside of the bladder, and the flyblows to have eaten through the bladder, it
will ...
John Ray, Edwin Lankester, 1848
She testified : "I heard blow flies in the cellar, and I told Mr. Jones to take the meat
out and see if there was any flyblows on it. * * * The first thing we did with this
meat after we brought it up out of the cellar was to take it out on the porch and
look ...
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Webster's II New College Dictionary
Contaminated with or as if with flyblows. fly book h. A case in which artificial flies
for fishing are carried. fly-boy (fll'boi') n. Slang. A pilot, esp. in the US Air Force. fly
«by (fll'bT') n.,pl. -bys A flight passing close to a specified target or position, esp.
Webster's New World Dictionary, Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries, 2005
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The Lawyers Reports Annotated
She testified: "I heard blowflies in the cellar, and I told Mr. Jones to take the meat
out and see if there was any flyblows on it. . . . The first thing we did with this meat
after we brought it up out of the cellar was to take it out on the porch and look at ...
Hobbs. Mv lord, it was blotted. X. C. J. Did it look as if violence had been used to
him ? Hobbs. Ay, my lord ; and the bloody vessels of his eyes were so full, as if he
Had been troubled with sore eyes. Mr. Farzretl. Did you observe any flyblows in ...
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, William Cobbett, 1810
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ...
There was something like flyblows, but I can't say they were fly-blows. L. C. J. Did
you observe the flies were busy at that time of the year ? Rawson. My lord, I did
not see them. [Then the peo ela bed-.] Mr. Eizrwe L. I desire Rawson/s wife may ...
Thomas Jones Howell, David Jardine, William Cobbett, 1816
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The Custom of the Country
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the three fates: Clotho draws the thread of our life; Lachesis spins it;and Atropos
snips it short fitters fragments, shreds flyblows the eggs deposited in carrion by ...
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Facts and hints for every-day life
bad, but gives it a very disagreeable flavour. To preserve meat you should
thoroughly examine it when it comes from the butcher's, carefully remove any
flyblows, if there are any, wipe with a perfectly dry cloth all the flaps and crevices
so as to ...
As I was only about a mile from camp, I got his skin off at once, and taking the
skull went back and dressed the skin there and then, before it should get covered
with flyblows. I lost no time, however, in getting back to the spot where I had killed
...
Percy Selous, Henry Anderson Bryden, 1897
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Annotations on each play
The fleshjfly blow my mouth—1 Meaning the act of a fly depositing her eggs in
flesh, commonly called flyblows. Line 91. I am afool, To way; at what I am glad of.]
This is one of those touches of nature that distinguish Shakspeare from all other ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1805
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLYBLOWS»
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flyblows is used in the context of the following news items.
The exodus of Nigeria's Christians
Arriving at St Joseph's church in the Nigerian town of Gashua, Father John Bakeni knew he was taking on a tough posting. A flyblows ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
Captain Phillips: the forgotten hostages
The rest have since been transferred to the Somali mainland, where they are now being held near the flyblows pirate port of Hobo. The Albedo ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 13»
