Definition of wing

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Wing (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace..

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Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like..
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..
Manducation :: Manducation (n.) The act of chewing.
Figure :: Figure (n.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc..
Spewing :: Spewing (p. pr.& vb. n.) of Spe.
Graze :: Graze (v. t.) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
Promanation :: Promanation (n.) The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux.
Heterogynous :: Heterogynous (a.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless..
Helicograph :: Helicograph (n.) An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
Overflowing :: Overflowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflo.
Syncopal :: Synclinorium (n.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning..
Mugient :: Mugient (a.) Lowing; bellowing.
Flap :: Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing..
Juvenescence :: Juvenescence (n.) A growing young.
Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey..
Submersion :: Submersed (a.) Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants..
Stitchwort :: Stitching (n.) Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively..
So :: So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape..
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