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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.
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Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. Pope.
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Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. Longfellow.
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2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
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The main battle, whose puissance on either side
Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. Shak.
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3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
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I, an old turtle,
Will wing me to some withered bough. Shak.
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4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
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There's not an arrow wings the sky
But fancy turns its point to him. Moore.
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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.
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To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.
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Winged (?), a.
1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
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2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.]
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How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. J. S. Harford.
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3. Swift; rapid. “Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal.” Shak.
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4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
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5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.
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6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.
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7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. “The winged air darked with plumes.” Milton.
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