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outwing, v.|aʊtˈwɪŋ|
[out- 21.]
1. trans. To exceed in swiftness of wing, to surpass in flight; to fly beyond.
1717Garth Ovid's Metam. xiv. Picus & Canens 42 His courser springs O'er hills and lawns, and ev'n a wish out⁓wings. 1747Gentl. Mag. 538 Fame flies before, Out-wings the wind! 1898Advance (Chicago) 6 Jan. 23/1 Mr. Morse's robins must have despaired of their effort to out-wing the limit of snow.
2. Mil. Of an army: To extend with its wings beyond (the enemy's); to outflank.
1648Cromwell Let. 20 Aug. in Carlyle, Colonel Dean's and Colonel Pride's [regiments] outwinging the Enemy, could not come to so much share of the action. 1755Mem. Capt. P. Drake II. ii. 28 Both the Enemy's Lines out wing'd ours considerably. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. III. xii. 189 His right came in contact with the enemy's left, outwinged it, and attacked it in front and flank. |