flyblow

noun, verb — 3 senses

flyblow

noun

Etymology From fly + blow.

1

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

Related terms: blowfly, flyblown
Hypernyms: maggot

flyblow

verb

Etymology From fly + blow.

1

To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.

2

Broadly To taint or contaminate.

I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them.1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome:

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