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Home Dictionary Name: fast flyingfast flying
moving or functioning quickly and energetically as a fast flying messenger...
Fast-day
Fast-day, a day of mortification by religious ab-stinence. See a list of Church of England Fast-days in the Prayer-book Calendar Scheduled to the (English) Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 3, c. 23), and see also the still unrepealed 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 3 (printed in the second revised edition of the statutes published by authority in 1888), by which the eves of Christmas Day and other holy days are 'commanded to be fasted,' and arch-bishops, bishops and others are authorized to inquire of every person offending in the premises, and to punish offenders by the censures of the Church, and to enjoin them such penance as shall be to the spiritual judge by his discretion thought meet and convenient. 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 19, however, providing for abstinence from flesh in Lent or on Fridays or Saturdays, which was expressly saved by s. 4 of this Act, has been repealed by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64, with many other disused Acts.Fast-days may also be appointed on special occasions by royal proclamati...
Fastermans, or fasting-men
Fastermans, or fasting-men [homines habentes, Lat.], menin repute and substance; pledges, sureties, or bondsmen, who, according to the Saxon policy, were fast bound to answer for each other's peaceable behaviour....
Fly for it
Fly for it. On a criminal trial in former times it was usual after the verdict, even if not guilty, to inquire also: 'Did he fly for it ?' Forfeiture of goods followed a conviction upon such inquiry. This practice, after having been long discontinued, was generally abolished by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), s. 5. There is a saying, Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit (3 Inst. 14)-'He who flies from justice confesses his guilt.'...
flying squad
flying squad : a usually small standby group of people ready to move or act quickly ;esp : a police unit formed to respond quickly in an emergency called also flying squadron ...
Bull fly
Any large fly troublesome to cattle as the gadflies and breeze flies...
Fastness
The state of being fast and firm firmness fixedness security faithfulness...
hard and fast
invariable firmly established as hard and fast regulations...
Hand-fasting
Hand-fasting, betrothment.A behothed; marrying by clasping another's hand and agreeing to live together as husband and wife, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 720....
black fly
In the United States a small venomous two winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests called also buffalo gnat The larvaelig are aquatic It sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals...
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