kiteflying

noun

Etymology

From kite + flying.

  1. derived from *fleuganą✻ — “to fly”
  2. inherited from *fleugandz✻ — “flying”
  3. inherited from flēogende
  4. inherited from fleynge
  5. compounded as kiteflying — “kite + flying”

Definitions

  1. The flying of kites.

  2. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely…

    A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal.

The neighborhood

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