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flying machine
flying machine n. a machine or contrivance capable of being flown in the air; usually restricted to a heavier-than-air machine dependent on its motors for maintenance and progression in the air (see also flying adj. 4b).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > heavier-than-air aircraft
flying machine1736
aeronef1861
aeromotive1865
aviator1891
aeromotor1902
aerodyne1906
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects > for flying
wire1607
traveller1859
flying machine1881
1736 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 617/1 One James Todd..at the Theatre in Covent-Garden, fell from the upper Stage, in a flying Machine, the Wires breaking.
1769 Oxf. Mag. Sept. 108 (caption) A New Flying Machine upon Dr. Musgrave's Plan, that moves with ye same Rapidity as Mr. Moore's Machine without Horses.
1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 198/2 In the year 1709..as we were informed by a letter published in France in 1784, a Portuguese projector, Friar Gusman, applied to the king for encouragement to his invention of a flying machine.
1808 G. Cayley Aeronaut. & Misc. Note-bk. (1933) 3 Apr. 63 It obliges the centre of gravity of flying machines to be much forwarder of the centre of bulk than could be supposed a priori.
1834 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 3 790/1 (caption) Travelling Balloon, or Flying Machine.
1865 Reader 1 Apr. 375/3 Until the time shall arrive when an aerostat or flying machine can be introduced with something like success.
1881 L. Wagner Pantomimes 57 The manipulation of flying machines, or other contrivances whereby [etc.].
1895 Nature 1 Aug. 321/2 A large party of scientific men..to witness a trial of the celebrated flying machine.
1908 H. G. Wells War in Air viii. §2 It was not in their airships, but..in their flying-machines proper, that the strength of the Asiatics lay.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 9/1 The regulation of flying-machine races.
1959 Times 2 Apr. 4/6 The challenge of the missile does not mean that the flying machine is outdated. On the contrary, there will always be great need for the work of the manned aircraft, which it alone can perform.
1970 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 11/2 I was at school when I saw my first real flying machine.
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flying machine
b. esp. in flying post, a post travelling by relays of horses, an express. Also (17–18th centuries) in flying coach (also flying machine, flying carriage, etc.), the ordinary designation for a swift stage coach; flying packet, a packet sent by ‘flying post’ (all obsolete).Flying Scotchman, Scotsman: see the second element.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service > conveyance of mail by land or sea > by post-rider or coach
flying post1548
posting1556
postage1566
dāk1727
pony express1847
pony post1892
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by relays of horses or vehicles > [noun] > travelling by means of post-horses > types of service
flying post1548
by-post1593
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach
posting carriage1556
wagon1615
post-coach1636
stagecoach1658
flying coach1669
stage1671
wagon-coach1675
stage-wagon1681
post-car1694
post-wagon1694
post calash1703
fly1708
post-carriage1720
post-stage1738
diligence1742
flying machine1764
machine1769
mail coach1785
dilly1786
mail stage1792
high-flyer1799
post-equipage1813
post vehicle1815
tally-ho coach1831
mail packeta1837
flying carriage1849
stager1852
mail-hack1909
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvij Richarde Duke of Yorke..by..flieng postes, was aduertised of the great victorie.
1669 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 153 Apr. 5, M(onday) flying coaches set up.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2009/1 Last Night..a Flying Pacquet..brought us the.. News of the Death of our Late Gracious Soveraign.
1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 29 Sept. On the 19th came by a Flying Post a Pacquet from Court.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 371 She had set out, in the Flying-coach.
1764 Ipswich Jrnl. 18 Feb. 4/3 A new Flying Machine, to accommodate Passengers by..the nearest Way for London, will set out..on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
1769 Public Advertiser 25 Sept. 4/2 One of the flying Machines from this City to London.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 378 At the close of the reign of Charles II, flying carriages ran thrice a week from London to all the chief towns.
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