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plural flyblows
The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat. examples
third-person singular simple present flyblows, present participle flyblowing, simple past flyblew, past participle flyblown
(transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty. examples
(transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate. quotations examples
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