flesh-fly

See also: fleshfly and flesh fly

English

Noun

flesh-fly (plural flesh-flies)

1. Alternative form of flesh fly
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     (FERDINAND) I am, in my condition,
     A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;—
     I would not so!—and would no more endure
     This wooden slavery than to suffer
     The flesh-fly blow my mouth.