flyblow

noun

Etymology

From fly + blow.

  1. derived from *bʰleh₁-
  2. inherited from *blēaną
  3. inherited from *blāan
  4. inherited from blāwan
  5. inherited from blowen
  6. compounded as flyblow — “fly + blow

Definitions

  1. An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh

    An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.

  2. To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh

    To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.

  3. To taint or contaminate.

    • I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA