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fly-bane [f. fly n.1 + bane.] 1. The popular name of various plants: (a) = catchfly; (b) the ploughman's spikenard (Inula Conyza); (c) (see quot. 1863).1597 Gerarde Herbal Table Eng. names, Fliebane and his kinds, see catch Flie. 1819 Rees Cycl., Fly-bane, in Botany, see Silene. 1861 Miss Pratt Flow...
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▪ I. fly, n.1 (flaɪ) Pl. flies (flaɪz). Forms: fléoᵹe (in comb. fléoᵹ-, fléoh-), fl{yacu}ᵹe, Northumb. fléᵹe, 2–4 fliȝe, south. vliȝe, 3 fleoȝe, flye, south. vlie, 3–4 fleȝe, south. vleȝe, fleih, south.. vleih, 3–7, 8 Sc. flie, 4– north. and Sc. flee, 4–5 flegh, (4 fleeȝe, fleh, flei(ghe, fley(e, fl...
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