What's the difference between flyblow and flyblown?

Flyblow


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
  • (n.) One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

Example Sentences:

Flyblown


Definition:

  • (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Freelance musicians at the lowest end of the corrido hierarchy, they wait on street corners or stroll through the flyblown cantinas, where for a pound a shot, they can offer you three minutes of glory.
  • (2) Evidence that badgers were the crucial vector was "somewhat flyblown" and it feared farmers, roused by sensational press reports, would commence a mass — and illegal — slaughter.
  • (3) But it can also be flyblown, like Nigel Farage’s sub-teddy boy Eng-nat kit.

Words possibly related to "flyblow"

Words possibly related to "flyblown"