Also flew. [of obscure etymology; Sw. has fly in sense 2. It is not certain that senses 1 and 2 are of identical origin.]
† 1. ‘The tip of a deer’s [?] horn’ (Halliwell, s.v. Flewed). Obs.
1532–3. [app. implied in FLUED ppl. a.2].
2. Naut. The FLUKE of an anchor; also that of a harpoon.
c. 1860. H. Stuart, Seaman’s Catech., 57. The fish-tackle is then hooked to the inner flue, (and hauled on) until high enough to rest on the bill-board.
