Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An anglers' name for an undetermined insect and for the artificial fly supposed to resemble it; probably the common European cockchafer, Melolontha vulgaris.
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Examples
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Or the oak-fly, the body of which is orange colour and black crewel, with a brown wing.
The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653
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_oak-fly_, the body of which is Orange colour and black crewel, with a brown wing, or a _fly_ made with a peacocks feather, is excellent in a bright day: you must be sure you want not in your _Magazin_ bag, the
The Complete Angler 1653 Izaak Walton 1638
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