Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squid \Squid\, n. [Cf. {Squirt}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of ten-armed
      cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin
      on each side; especially, any species of {Loligo},
      {Ommastrephes}, and related genera. See {Calamary},
      {Decacerata}, {Dibranchiata}.

   Note: Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic
         coast of North America, and are used in large
         quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The
         most abundant of the American squids are the northern
         squid ({Ommastrephes illecebrosus}), ranging from
         Southern New England to Newfoundland, and the southern
         squid ({Loligo Pealii}), ranging from Virginia to
         Massachusetts.

   2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other
      substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

   {Flying squid}, {Giant squid}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Flying},
      and {Giant}.

   {Squid hound} (Zo["o]l.), the striped bass.



   {Flying army} (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
      motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
      in continual alarm. --Farrow. 

   {Flying artillery} (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
      evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
      spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
      position.

   {Flying bridge}, {Flying camp}. See under {Bridge}, and
      {Camp}.

   {Flying buttress} (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
      thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
      ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
      masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
      pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
      word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
      supporting arch.

   {Flying colors}, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:

   {To come off with flying colors}, to be victorious; to
      succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

   {Flying doe} (Zo["o]l.), a young female kangaroo.

   {Flying dragon}.
   (a) (Zo["o]l.) See {Dragon}, 6.
   (b) A meteor. See under {Dragon}.

   {Flying Dutchman}.
   (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
       the seas till the day of judgment.
   (b) A spectral ship.

   {Flying fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flying fish}, in the
      Vocabulary.

   {Flying fox} (Zo["o]l.), the colugo.

   {Flying frog} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian tree frog of the
      genus {Rhacophorus}, having very large and broadly webbed
      feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make
      very long leaps.

   {Flying gurnard} (Zo["o]l.), a species of gurnard of the
      genus {Cephalacanthus} or {Dactylopterus}, with very large
      pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
      fish, but not for so great a distance.

   Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
         {Cephalacanthus volitans}.

   {Flying jib} (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
      jib, on the flying-jib boom.

   {Flying-jib boom} (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.

   {Flying kites} (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
      weather.

   {Flying lemur}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Colugo}.

   {Flying level} (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
      the course of a projected road, canal, etc.

   {Flying lizard}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Dragon}, n. 6.

   {Flying machine}, an apparatus for navigating the air; a form
      of balloon. -- {Flying mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the opossum
      mouse ({Acrobates pygm[ae]us}), of Australia.

   Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
         squirrels. -- {Flying party} (Mil.), a body of soldiers
      detailed to hover about an enemy. -- {Flying phalanger}
      (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small marsuupials of
      the genera {Petaurus} and {Belideus}, of Australia and New
      Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying
      squirrels. The sugar squirrel ({B. sciureus}), and the
      ariel ({B. ariel}), are the best known; -- called also
      {squirrel petaurus} and {flying squirrel}. See {Sugar
      squirrel}. -- {Flying pinion}, the fly of a clock. --
   {Flying sap} (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when
      the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of
      simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in
      juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- {Flying shot}, a
      shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. --
   {Flying spider}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Ballooning spider}. --
   {Flying squid} (Zo["o]l.), an oceanic squid ({Ommastrephes,
      or Sthenoteuthis, Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf
      Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such
      force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. --
   {Flying squirrel} (Zo["o]l.) See {Flying squirrel}, in the
      Vocabulary. -- {Flying start}, a start in a sailing race
      in which the signal is given while the vessels are under
      way. -- {Flying torch} (Mil.), a torch attached to a long
      staff and used for signaling at night.