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De - Pt| English Dictionary: winged | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for winged | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Winged \Winged\, a. 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.] How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. --J. S. Harford. 3. Swift; rapid. [bd]Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal.[b8] --Shak. 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing. 5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. 6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body. 7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. [bd]The winged air darked with plumes.[b8] --Milton. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird. | |
