† scare-flyn.
Obsolete.
1. One who drives away flies: used to render Greek ἀπόμυιος as an epithet of certain deities. rare.
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1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiii. 402 And hereof it came that the Chananites called their Belzebub, and the Greekes their Iupiter, by the name of Scareflye.
2. A device for frightening away flies.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies
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1862 All Year Round 13 Sept. 9 An ingenious Florentine gentleman has communicated to the world, a scare-fly.
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