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GAD-FLY

\ɡˈadflˈa͡ɪ], \ɡˈadflˈa‍ɪ], \ɡ_ˈa_d_f_l_ˈaɪ]\

Definitions of GAD-FLY

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Breeze, cattle-biting fly; irritating or worrying person; violent impulse, oestrum. [old Norse]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[O.E.] See Breeze-fly.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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