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Wing

Wing (wing)
n.(?)
Wing
[OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. *** Sw. vinge, Icel. væ]ngr.]

  1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.

    As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. Deut. xxxii. 11.

    * In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts, those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of the short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and Plumage.

  2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
    Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a)
  3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.

    Light thickens; and the crow
    Makes wing to the rooky wood.     Shak.

  4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

    Fiery expedition be my wing. Shak.

  5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
  6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
  7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
    Specifically: (a) (Zoöl.)
  8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
    Hence: (a) (Arch.)

Wing

Wing (wing)
v. t.(?)
Wing
[imp. *** p. p. Winged (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Winging.]
  1. To furnish with wings] to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

    Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. Pope.

    Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. Longfellow.

  2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.

    The main battle, whose puissance on either side
    Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.     Shak.

  3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

    I, an old turtle,
    Will wing me to some withered bough.     Shak.

  4. To move through in flight; to fly through.

    There's not an arrow wings the sky
    But fancy turns its point to him.     Moore.

  5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.

    To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.

Wing

Wing (wing)
n.
Wing
  1. Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion, or flapping, or rotation; specif., either of a pair of supporting planes of a flying machine.












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