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Entry 7 senses Webster, 1913

Flyer

/flī'-ẽr/ · Fly·er · IPA /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
01 n. One that uses wings.
  1. 1.
    One that uses wings.
  2. 2.
    The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6. See: Fly
  3. 3.
    Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
  4. 4.
    One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.(Arch.)
  5. 5.
    The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11. See: Fly
  6. 6.
    The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
  7. 7.
    A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.(Stock Jobbing) [Cant]