Flight: alternatives and connections

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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The art or science of flying.

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To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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The quality of being creative.

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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.

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A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.

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To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.

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The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migrat…

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The glede or kite.

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of Glide

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The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodu…

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See Hegira.

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To beat soundly; to thrash.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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The rudd.

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of Sail

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To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

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of Soar

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A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

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The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

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of Stunt

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To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, makin…

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To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, makin…

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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

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of Fly

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The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.

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