n. A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.n. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.n. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.n. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.n. Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.verb-intransitive. To blow gently.