flyblow

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English

A flyblow in a woman's shoulder

Etymology

From fly +‎ blow.

Noun

flyblow (plural flyblows)

  1. An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.

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Verb

flyblow (third-person singular simple present flyblows, present participle flyblowing, simple past flyblew, past participle flyblown)

  1. (transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate.
    • 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome:
      I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them.

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