Definition of flight

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Flight (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

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Wing :: Wing (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
Skein :: Skein (n.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
Hegira :: Hegira (n.) 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 exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed..
Wing-handed :: Wing-handed (a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls..
Volitation :: Volitation (n.) The act of flying; flight.
Grise :: Grise (n.) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Stairhead :: Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..
Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Landing :: Landing (n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another..
Flight :: Flight (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
Weka :: Weka (n.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..
Flight :: Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows..
Wing :: Wing (n.) 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..
Moho :: Moho (n.) A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder..
Light :: Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect..
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
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