fly (often used in the senses of ‘flee’)
1.
trans. and intr. (of a falconer) to
cause a hawk to fly at game
2H6 II. i. 1
“flying at the
brook”
(see BROOK sb.), Ham. II. ii.
459 [450] “We'll e'en to't like French
falconers, fly at anything we see.”
2.
fly off, desert
Lr. II. iv. 91
“The images of revolt
and flying off”
(=rebellion and desertion),
Ant. II. ii. 159
“and never off
our loves again”
; fly out,
rush out, break out
Cor. I. x. 19
“[My valour] Shall out of
itself”
(‘shall deviate from its own native
generosity,’ J.),
Cym. III. iii. 90
“his spirits out Into
my story,”
IV. iv. 54
“their blood thinks
scorn, Till it out and show them
princes born.”
