- Winging
- Wing Wing, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Winging}.]
1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with
celerity.
[1913 Webster]
Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
2. To supply with wings or sidepieces. [1913 Webster]
The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly. [1913 Webster]
I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To move through in flight; to fly through. [1913 Webster]
There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore. [1913 Webster]
5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person. [1913 Webster +PJC]
{To wing a flight}, to exert the power of flying; to fly. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
