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FLYING FISH

Volume 8 · 60 words · 1823 Edition

name given to several species of fish, which, by means of long fins, can keep themselves out of the water for some time. See Exocoetus, Ichthyology Index.

Flying Pinion, is part of a clock, having a fly or fan whereby to gather air, and so bridle the rapidity of the clock's motion, when the weight descends in the striking part.