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winging
(encz) | winging,létání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Winging
(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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swinging
(encz) | swinging,kolísání n: Zdeněk Brožswinging,kývání n: Zdeněk Brožswinging,svižný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
swinging chad
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swinging door
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swinging post
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winging
(encz) | winging,létání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Swinging
(gcide) | Swing \Swing\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swung; Archaic imp.
Swang; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinging.] [OE. swingen, AS.
swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen
to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to
soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga
to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. Swagger, Sway,
Swinge, Swink.]
1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to
wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
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I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or
continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of
the air. --Boyle.
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2. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as,
the door swung open.
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3. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure.
See Swing, n., 3.
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4. (Naut.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at
anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
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5. To be hanged. [Colloq.] --D. Webster.
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To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit.
[Colloq.]
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He had swung round the circle of theories and
systems in which his age abounded, without finding
relief. --A. V. G.
Allen.
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swinging post
(gcide) | Gatepost \Gate"post`\ (g[=a]t"p[=o]st`), n.
1. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also {swinging
post} or hinging post.
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2. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also
shutting post.
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Twinging
(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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swinging
(wn) | swinging
adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting
stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a
swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping
singing measure" [syn: lilting, swinging, swingy,
tripping]
n 1: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing,
swinging, vacillation] |
swinging chad
(wn) | swinging chad
n 1: a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at
two corners |
swinging door
(wn) | swinging door
n 1: a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either
direction [syn: swing door, swinging door] |
swinging post
(wn) | swinging post
n 1: the gatepost on which the gate is hung [syn: {hinging
post}, swinging post] |
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