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winged
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Winged
(gcide) | 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.
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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
(gcide) | Winged \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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winged
(wn) | winged
adj 1: having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind;
"the winged feet of Mercury"; [ant: wingless]
2: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet" |
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green-winged teal
(encz) | green-winged teal, n: |
red-winged blackbird
(encz) | red-winged blackbird, |
short-winged
(encz) | short-winged, adj: |
two-winged insects
(encz) | two-winged insects, n: |
winged
(encz) | winged,okřídlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
winged bean
(encz) | winged bean, n: |
winged elm
(encz) | winged elm, n: |
winged everlasting
(encz) | winged everlasting, n: |
winged pea
(encz) | winged pea, n: |
winged pigweed
(encz) | winged pigweed, n: |
winged spindle tree
(encz) | winged spindle tree, n: |
Eagle-winged
(gcide) | Eagle-winged \Ea"gle-winged`\, a.
Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an
eagle. --Shak.
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Full-winged
(gcide) | Full-winged \Full"-winged`\, a.
1. Having large and strong or complete wings. --Shak.
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2. Ready for flight; eager. [Archaic] --Beau. & Fl.
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Goosewinged
(gcide) | Goosewinged \Goose"winged`\, a. (Naut.)
(a) Having a "goosewing."
(b) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on
one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.
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Hand-winged
(gcide) | Hand-winged \Hand"-winged`\ (h[a^]nd"w[i^]ngd`), a. (Zool.)
Having wings that are like hands in the structure and
arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See
Cheiroptera.
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Lace-winged
(gcide) | Lace-winged \Lace"-winged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the
lace-winged flies.
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lace-winged fly
(gcide) | Lacewing \Lace"wing`\ (l[=a]s"w[i^]ng`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the
genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate,
lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larv[ae] are useful
in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and
goldeneyed fly.
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Light-winged
(gcide) | Light-winged \Light"-winged`\ (l[imac]t"w[i^]ngd`), a.
Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. --Shak.
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redwinged blackbird
(gcide) | Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zool.)
A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts
are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush.
(b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius
ph[oe]niceus}) of the family Icteridae. The male is
black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered
with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged
blackbird}, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and
swamp blackbird.
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redwinged thrush
(gcide) | Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zool.)
A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts
are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush.
(b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius
ph[oe]niceus}) of the family Icteridae. The male is
black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered
with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged
blackbird}, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and
swamp blackbird.
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red-winged troupial
(gcide) | Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zool.)
A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts
are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush.
(b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius
ph[oe]niceus}) of the family Icteridae. The male is
black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered
with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged
blackbird}, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and
swamp blackbird.
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Sack-winged
(gcide) | Sack-winged \Sack"-winged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the
wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
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Scale-winged
(gcide) | Scale-winged \Scale"-winged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as
the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
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Scaly-winged
(gcide) | Scaly-winged \Scal"y-winged`\, a. (Zool.)
Scale-winged.
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Sheath-winged
(gcide) | Sheath-winged \Sheath"-winged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.
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Spur-winged
(gcide) | Spur-winged \Spur"-winged`\ (-w[i^]ngd`), a. (Zool.)
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
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Spur-winged goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and
allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the
wing, as the Gambo goose (Plectropterus Gambensis) and
the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca).
Spur-winged plover (Zool.), an Old World plover
(Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend
of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent
parts of Asia and Europe.
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Spur-winged goose
(gcide) | Spur-winged \Spur"-winged`\ (-w[i^]ngd`), a. (Zool.)
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
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Spur-winged goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and
allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the
wing, as the Gambo goose (Plectropterus Gambensis) and
the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca).
Spur-winged plover (Zool.), an Old World plover
(Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend
of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent
parts of Asia and Europe.
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Spur-winged plover
(gcide) | Spur-winged \Spur"-winged`\ (-w[i^]ngd`), a. (Zool.)
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
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Spur-winged goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and
allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the
wing, as the Gambo goose (Plectropterus Gambensis) and
the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca).
Spur-winged plover (Zool.), an Old World plover
(Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend
of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent
parts of Asia and Europe.
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Swinged
(gcide) | Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (sw[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen,
AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
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I had swinged him soundly. --Shak.
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And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden.
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2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.]
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Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
--Milton.
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Twinged
(gcide) | Twinge \Twinge\ (tw[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twinged
(tw[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinging.] [OE. twengen, AS.
twengan; akin to OE. twingen to pain, afflict, OFries.
thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to constrain, D. dwingen, OS.
thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG. dwingan, thwingan, to press,
oppress, overcome, Icel. [thorn]vinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue,
constrain, Dan. tvinge, and AS. [thorn]["u]n to press, OHG.
d[=u]hen, and probably to E. thong. Perhaps influenced by
twitch. Cf. Thong.]
1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
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When a man is past his sense,
There's no way to reduce him thence,
But twinging him by the ears or nose,
Or laying on of heavy blows. --Hudibras.
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2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with
pinching or sharp pains.
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The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made
him tear
himself, and so mastered him. --L'Estrange.
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Unwinged
(gcide) | Unwinged \Unwinged\
See winged. |
white-winged coot
(gcide) | Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia.
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Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also
black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the
velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck,
white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the
black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also {black
coot}, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also
baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead,
pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
collectively called also coots. The females and young
are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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black-winged stilt
(wn) | black-winged stilt
n 1: stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white
plumage but with black wings [syn: black-winged stilt,
Himantopus himantopus] |
blue-winged teal
(wn) | blue-winged teal
n 1: American teal [syn: bluewing, blue-winged teal, {Anas
discors}] |
green-winged teal
(wn) | green-winged teal
n 1: common teal of Eurasia and North America [syn: greenwing,
green-winged teal, Anas crecca] |
one-winged
(wn) | one-winged
adj 1: having a single wing |
red-winged blackbird
(wn) | red-winged blackbird
n 1: North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
[syn: red-winged blackbird, redwing, {Agelaius
phoeniceus}] |
short-winged
(wn) | short-winged
adj 1: (especially of certain insects) having very short or
rudimentary wings [syn: brachypterous, short-winged] |
slender-winged
(wn) | slender-winged
adj 1: having slender wings |
small-winged
(wn) | small-winged
adj 1: having small wings |
two-winged insects
(wn) | two-winged insects
n 1: insects having usually a single pair of functional wings
(anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small
knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or
lapping or piercing [syn: dipterous insect, {two-winged
insects}, dipteran, dipteron] |
winged
(wn) | winged
adj 1: having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind;
"the winged feet of Mercury"; [ant: wingless]
2: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet" |
winged bean
(wn) | winged bean
n 1: a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish
flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
[syn: winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, {goa bean
vine}, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus] |
winged elm
(wn) | winged elm
n 1: North American elm having twigs and young branches with
prominent corky projections [syn: winged elm, wing elm,
Ulmus alata] |
winged everlasting
(wn) | winged everlasting
n 1: Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful
silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long
winged stems [syn: winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum] |
winged pea
(wn) | winged pea
n 1: a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish
flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
[syn: winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, {goa bean
vine}, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus]
2: sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod [syn:
winged pea, asparagus pea, Lotus tetragonolobus] |
winged pigweed
(wn) | winged pigweed
n 1: bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish
flowers and winged seeds [syn: winged pigweed,
tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium] |
winged spindle tree
(wn) | winged spindle tree
n 1: bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky
longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern
Asia to central China [syn: winged spindle tree,
Euonymous alatus] |
winged comments
(foldoc) | winged comments
Comments set on the same line as code, as
opposed to boxed comments.
In C, for example:
d = sqrt(x*x + y*y); /* distance from origin */
Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that
line.
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winged comments
(jargon) | winged comments
n.
Comments set on the same line as code, as opposed to boxed comments. In
C, for example:
d = sqrt(x*x + y*y); /* distance from origin */
Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that line.
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