ˈfly-leaf
[f. fly n.2 + leaf.]
A blank leaf at the beginning or end, but esp. at the beginning, of a book; the blank leaf of a circular, etc.
| 1832 J. Constable Let. 28 Mar. (1966) IV. 371, I have bothered Sparrow out of a fly leaf, & I like it very well, preserving the original title. 1850 Clough Dipsychus ix. 160 The fly-leaves..in the family Bible. 1869 Rogers in Adam Smith's W.N. I. Pref. 19 It contains a characteristic note by the author on the flyleaf. 1888 Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. i. 26 On the fly⁓leaf of the first volume..is found the following memorandum. |