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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.
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 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.
- "Batman" is winging its way to Britain, but youngsters under 12 will have to stick to comic books to catch the Caped Crusader.
- Even President Bush said while winging off to Rome that "long-term interest rates went through the roof" when the tax-cut talk started.
- Cool quarterback Ken O'Brien was winging 'em to Wesley Walker and singing a happy Toon, as in Al.
- There is then a spectacular show of small fairies, paper darts and other less identifiable objects winging their way towards you, beyond and back again.
- The minister, Jagdish Tytler, said that from now on, when philandering pilots are winging their way north to Leh, their paramours will be on a plane headed south to Tiruchirapalli.