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   Flight , n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fleógan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fleón to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. √84. See Flee, Fly.]
   The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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   Like the night owl's lazy flight.
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   The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
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   Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
   Matt. xxiv. 20.
   
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   Fain by flight to save themselves.
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   Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
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   Could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
   He had been happy.
   Byron.
   
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   His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor.
   Macaulay.
   
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   A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.
   Swift.
   
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   Swift flights of angels ministrant.
   Milton.
   
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   Like a flight of fowl
   Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts.
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   A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
   Parker.
   
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   A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.]
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   Challenged Cupid at the flight.
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   Not a flight drawn home
   E'er made that haste that they have.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.]
   Wright.
   
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   a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
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   A scheduled flight{8} on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
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   Flight feathers (Zool.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See Bird. -- To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout. -- to take a flight{9}, to make a trip in an airplane, especially a scheduled flight{9}.
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   Syn. -- Pair; set. See Pair.
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