Definition of flying

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Flying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fl.

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Whiz :: Whiz (v. i.) To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound..
Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof..
Ponvolant :: Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge..
Flitting :: Flitting (n.) A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
Wing :: Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing..
Result :: Result (n.) A flying back; resilience.
Emication :: Emication (n.) A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation..
Cloud :: Cloud (n.) A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor..
Flight :: Flight (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
Bat :: Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire..
Altivolant :: Altivolant (a.) Flying high.
Outwing :: Outwing (v. t.) To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying..
Flighted :: Flighted (a.) Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.
Kite :: Kite (n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string..
Rack :: Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky..
Petaurist :: Petaurist (n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister..
Exocoetus :: Exocoetus (n.) A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish..
Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.
Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..
Cheiroptera :: Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat..
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