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A quantity of yarn wound on to a flangeless paper or wood tube and usually cross wound (see Cheese Winding)
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Cheese fly — Fly Fly, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle[ o]ge, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Randwick Cheese-Rolling and Wap — Rand wick, Gloucestershire, had two, probably unrelated, *calendar customs of note. The cheese rolling was described in a letter, dated April 1827, published in William Hone s Table Book, which related that every May Day three large Gloucester … A Dictionary of English folklore
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