flyer
Textiles.
a rotating device that adds twist to the slubbing or roving and winds the stock onto a spindle or bobbin in a uniform manner.
a similar device for adding twist to yarn.
Origin of flyer
1Words that may be confused with flyer
- flier, flyer
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How to use flyer in a sentence
We were going to marches and campaign rallies and handing out flyers from the age of three on.
Live from San Antonio: Women in the World Texas! | Women in the World | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen a man attempted to distribute flyers that claimed the majority of Sandy victims felt “forgotten,” he was told to stop.
Christie Finally Finds a Crowd That Doesn’t Care About Bridgegate | Olivia Nuzzi | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, six high flyers will be divided by conference into two competing teams.
She makes 15 euros a day handing out flyers a couple days a week even though she is educated.
A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, America blanketed Afghanistan with flyers offering $5,000 bounties for Arabs.
In this the full reels are lifted by overhead chains and are placed in the vertical flyers of the laying-machine.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousAll flyers in aeroplanes at high altitudes find oxygen absolutely necessary.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryThe fleets of flyers were larger than usual, as if they were anxious to take the fresh air, after days of storm.
The Hosts of the Air | Joseph A. AltshelerJohn Baldwin departed, apparently looking for other bloods who wished to take flyers.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. StandishFind them, and send the numbers of the twin flyers on a post card or letter today.
British Dictionary definitions for flyer
flier
/ (ˈflaɪə) /
a person or thing that flies or moves very fast
an aviator or pilot
informal a long flying leap; bound
a fast-moving machine part, esp one having periodic motion
a rectangular step in a straight flight of stairs: Compare winder (def. 5)
athletics an informal word for flying start
mainly US a speculative business transaction
a small handbill
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