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 case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
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The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
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A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
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Gone.
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of Help
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One who, or that which, improves.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…
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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…
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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
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A floor or story of a house.
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The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…
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To labor; to travail.
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A winglike organ, or part.
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One who balances, or uses a balance.
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A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell…
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Alt. of Elytrum
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One who halts or limps; a cripple.
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A wing; a pinion.
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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
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To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low…
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The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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A cover; a shelter; a protection.
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To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
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Same as Arrack.
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To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
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A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
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A messenger.
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A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
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Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
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The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…
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Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
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One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
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In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…
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Any tree of the genus Platanus.
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A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
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Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
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One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
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One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
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Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
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To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
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The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…
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One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
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