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fly-away, a. and n.
[f. vbl. phr. see fly v.1]
A. adj. Ready or apt to fly away.
a. Of articles of dress: Streaming, loose, négligé.
b. Of persons: Flighty, extravagant, volatile.
fly-away grass (U.S.), the Agrostis scaba, a common grass of North America, with a very loose light panicle. Also called hair-grass (Cent. Dict.).
1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. (1783) II. 230 His reducing the fly-away farmer's daughters to a proper sense of their condition. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. v, Drest in such a free and fly-away fashion, that the long ends of his loose red neckcloth were streaming out behind him. 1848― Dombey xl, It was not easy to put her into a fly-away bonnet now. 1856Rep. Mass. Board Agric. I. 29 Hair Grass, or Fly Away Grass,..is another species belonging to the genus. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. III. v. 136 Servant-girls with flyaway caps on their heads. 1891Pall Mall G. 21 May 2/2 They have brought it home to the most flyaway supporter of the A.P.S.
B. n.
a. One that flies away. Cf. runaway.
1804M. Wilmot Let. 24 Jan. (1934) i. 78 She was not amongst the fly aways but return'd for the Ball. 1838Emerson Nat., Lit. Ethics Wks. (Bohn) II. 212 Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots.
b. Naut. A delusive appearance, of land, a mirage. Also quasi-proper name, Cape Flyaway.
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