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† ˈscare-fly Obs. [f. scare v. + fly n.] 1. One who drives away flies: used to render Gr. ἀπόµυιος as an epithet of certain deities. rare—1.
1587Golding De Mornay xxiii. 402 And hereof it came that the Chananites called their Belzebub, and the Greekes their Iupiter, by the name of Scarefly. 2. A device for frightening away flies.
1862All Year Round 13 Sept. 9 An ingenious Florentine gentleman has communicated to the world, a scare-fly. |