单词 | wing |
释义 | wingn. I. The limb of a bird, and related uses. 1. a. Each of the organs of flight of any flying animal, as a bird, bat, or insect.In birds the wings are specially modified fore-limbs; in bats (and the extinct pterodactyls, etc.), extensions of the skin attached to modified parts of the fore-limbs (see bat n.1); in insects, membranous expansions attached to the thorax in addition to the limbs. In a few birds the wings are rudimentary, and either functionless (as in the Apteryx) or used only to assist in swimming or walking (as in Penguins).Occasionally loosely applied to the enlarged fins of flying-fishes and to the appendages of flying squirrels, etc. which serve for movements resembling flight. false wing (Ornithology) = winglet n. 2b (see also bastard wing n. at bastard n., adj., and adv. Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing wingc1175 flightc1275 pinion?a1425 fan1631 van1815 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > part of pinion?a1425 juck1575 shoulder1735 wrista1836 wing1867 propatagium1872 thumb1872 patagium1887 flight-muscle1890 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 A vuhel com flon from houene into orðe; her he uette feþer-home and wenge. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 105 Ase brid hwenne he fleon wule stureð hise wengen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14604 Þat alle heore [sc. sparrows'] whingen noht awemmed neoren. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 64/356 He ȝifht eov..wynguene for-to fleo, And feþerene to beren eov up-on heiȝ. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 230/388 Þe drem of is winguene murie was. 13.. K. Alis. 485 Him thoughte a goshauk with gret flyght..yenith and sprad abrod his wyngyn. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 173 The Scharnebudes kinde, Of whos nature this I finde, That in the hoteste of the dai,..He sprat his wynge and up he fleth. a1400 Leg. Rood 221 Þe Egle is frikest fowle in flye, Ouer all fowles to wawe hys wenge. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2196 The byrde..bylle undyr wynge layede. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 18521 Wonder hygh ther sate a krowe, His whynges splayynge to and ffro. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 522/1 Wenge, of a fowle or bryde. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 7 On fute and weynge ascendand to the hycht. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.ii That all maner of fowle that hathe hole fete sholde be reysed vnder the wynge and not aboue. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxxi. 762 The fruite [of the maple tree] is long, flat, and thinne, almost lyke to a feather of a small birde, or lyke the whing of a grashopper. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 213 There are Fishes that have Wings. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 513 So to the beam the Bat tenacious clings, And pendant round it clasps his leathern wings. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 49 Bats on their webby wings in darkness move. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 73 The beautiful little blue butterfly, with golden spots on his wings. 1867 W. S. Dallas tr. C. L. Nitzsch Pterylography 27 The false wing (ala notha) described by Möhring. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 304 The genus Prionotus..resembles Dactylopterus in general form, but the wings are much smaller. 1912 S. E. White Land of Footpr. xiv. 180 Spreading wide their wings at the last moment to check their speed. b. The wing of a bird, used as food. Also, the shoulder of a hare or rabbit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of rabbit or hare coneya1450 wingc1470 underground mutton1946 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > cuts or parts of fowl wingc1470 soul?a1475 giblet1546 merrythought1598 sideman1632 sidesman1642 drumstick1646 pinion1655 side bone1712 chicken liver1733 pope's nose1788 liver wing1796 apron1807 parson's nose1836 stumps1845 oyster1855 supreme1856 wishbone1860 pulling bone1877 carcass1883 pully-bone1897 pull-bonea1903 chicken breast1941 chicken tender1955 c1470 Noble Bk. Cookry (1882) 64 Cony rost. A cony tak and drawe hym,..rost hym and lard hym then raise his leggs and hys winges. a1530 Frere & Boye (Ritson) 154 His fader toke a capons wynge,..And badde hym ete apace. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 29 A pestle of a Larke, or Plouers wing. 1656 F. Osborne Advice to Son (ed. 4) iv. 124 A Carver at Court,..who being laughed at..for saying The wing of a Rabbet, maintained it as congruous, as the fore-legge of a Capon, a phrase used in Scotland. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iv. 56 Wise palates choose the wings of pregnant hare. 1820 Ld. Byron Blues ii. 42 Miss Lilac, permit me to help you;—a wing? 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlvi. 50 Something light for supper—the wing of a roasted fowl. 1841 ‘Nimrod’ in Sporting Oracle 48 The most vulnerable part of the rabbit is about its neck and wings, as the shoulders of this animal are called. c. The wing of a bird (usually of a hen, goose, or turkey) used as a brush: cf. wing v. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > other apparatus for sweeping wing1573 sweep1825 carpet sweeper1859 sweeper1862 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14v Husbandly furniture... wing, cartnaue & bushel. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 70 Then are the two women to have each of them a cleane bowle to wringe the honey into, and the man is to stande ready with a winge in his hande. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 243/2 Broom, Wing, Winnow sheet, and Sack with a Band. 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Rediv. Sept. (1744) 116 A Straw-fork and Rake to turn the Straw off from the thresh'd Corn, a Fan and Wing to clean it. d. A figure or imitation of a wing (e.g. on an image of a bird, etc., or on an angler's artificial fly). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > figure or imitation of wing1552 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > parts of artificial fly herla1450 tippet1825 wing1853 mane1876 1552–3 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 94 Cupide a small boye..with a payre of winges of gold. 1584 Kenilw. Inv. in W. Scott Kenilw. Note K 6 rowlers and ij wings for the spreade eagle. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 34 (title of poem) [in the form of two pairs of wings] Easter wings. 1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 13 Choose for thy Command Some peaceful Province in Acrostick Land. There thou mayst Wings display, and Alters raise, And torture one poor Word ten thousand ways. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶4, 6 The Pair of Wings consist of twelve Verses, or rather Feathers... A god of Love, who is always painted with Wings. 1853 J. Jackson Pract. Fly-fisher (1880) 10 To make a winged Fly... Wings; a piece of feather, stripped from a Snipe's quill. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless hawc1000 turdc1275 fille1297 dusta1300 lead1303 skitc1330 naught1340 vanityc1340 wrakea1350 rushc1350 dirt1357 fly's wing1377 goose-wing1377 fartc1390 chaff?a1400 nutshella1400 shalec1400 yardc1400 wrack1472 pelfrya1529 trasha1529 dreg1531 trish-trash1542 alchemy1547 beggary?1548 rubbish1548 pelfa1555 chip1556 stark naught1562 paltry?1566 rubbish1566 riff-raff1570 bran1574 baggage1579 nihil1579 trush-trash1582 stubblea1591 tartar1590 garbage1592 bag of winda1599 a cracked or slit groat1600 kitchen stuff1600 tilta1603 nothing?1608 bauble1609 countera1616 a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620 buttermilk1630 dross1632 paltrement1641 cattle1643 bagatelle1647 nothingness1652 brimborion1653 stuff1670 flap-dragon1700 mud1706 caput mortuuma1711 snuff1778 twaddle1786 powder-post1790 traffic1828 junk1836 duffer1852 shice1859 punk1869 hogwash1870 cagmag1875 shit1890 tosh1892 tripe1895 dreck1905 schlock1906 cannon fodder1917 shite1928 skunk1929 crut1937 chickenshit1938 crud1943 Mickey Mouse1958 gick1959 garbo1978 turd1978 pants1994 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 36 Thei ne gyueth nouȝte of god one gose wynge. c1450 Mankind 783 in Macro Plays 29 Tysche! a flyes weynge! 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Lvi He was not able to giue so muche as a gose wynge, for they were none of hys to giue. 2. a. Attributed to supernatural beings, as angels, demons, etc., and to fabulous creatures, as dragons, griffins, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > wing(s) of wingc1175 shears1590 winglet1611 wicker wingsa1637 pennon1667 van1667 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8024 Þatt all þatt hallȝhe genge. Þatt borrȝhenn iss þurrh marrtirdom Flæh upp wiþþ tweȝȝenn wengess. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. vi. 2. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 236 And aungellych hyse wengis gan he sprede. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 2675 Whan hit schon þe briȝte sonne, His wingges schon so þe glas. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1106 Biforn hir stood hir sone Cupido Vp on his shuldres wynges hadde he two. c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) 2527 Beuys..hyt the dragon vnder the wynge. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. iv. 34 The Harpyes on ws fell, With huge faird of weingis and mony ȝell. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 579 A fiery Globe Of Angels on full sail of wing flew nigh. View more context for this quotation 1815 Ld. Byron Destr. Sennacherib iii The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast. 1821 W. Wordsworth Eccl. Sonn. iii. v. 4 The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing. 1885 T. Hardy Mere Interlude in Changed Man (1913) 269 Since my poor husband left me to wear his wings. b. Attributed to inanimate or abstract things represented as flying, or as carrying one swiftly along (esp. in on the wings of). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > flying (as) with wings > one who or that which > attribute of thing represented as wing1398 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ii. i. (Add. MS. 27944) In olde tyme poetes peyntide þe winde wiþ wynges. ?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. e.iv Whinges of the loue of god. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms ciii[i]. 3 Thou makest the cloudes thy charet, and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. cxxxviii[i]. 9 Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxiii. A Riches make them selues wynges. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 59 When I should mount with wings of victorie. View more context for this quotation 1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres i. 11 With inke To giue his fame large wings. 1611 W. Mure Misc. Poems iv. 8 Deceau'd by loues alluiring wingis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 196 I haue pursu'd her, as Loue hath pursued mee, which hath beene on the wing of all occasions. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Disc. i. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. B4 When a pious Soul is once got upon the wing of Contemplation. 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs (ed. 2) ii. 253 Give me the Wings of Faith, to rise Within the Veil. 1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 89 Upon the Wings of Time born swift away. 1829 W. Scott Rob Roy (new ed.) I. Introd. p. lxxv A cold north-east wind, with frost on its wing. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. xix. 35 Where the foe..seems to come and go on the wings of the wind. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxii. 113 [The Scots in 1640] seemed to be, indeed, carried forward on the wings of destiny. 3. transferred and figurative. a. Power or means of flight, or of action figured as flight; action or manner of flying, flight. (a) in reference to literal flying. ΚΠ 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 263 Þe larke, þat is..wel awey of wenge [v.rr. wynge, whenge] swifter þan þe pecok. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 328 A Swalwe swift of winge. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 316 The self same place where hee First lighted from his Wing . View more context for this quotation 1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen v Upward the Noble Bird directs his Wing. 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland x. 60 As soon as the young Brood gets wing. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith v. 225 The bird of strongest wing may be driven out to sea by the tempest. (b) figurative in various connections. (See also Phrases 3.) ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 105 Þe treowe ancres ȝete þet god efnið to briddes ha spredeð hare wengen & makeð creoiz of ham seolf. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxviii. 7 Take twa wenges of charite. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 473 He ordeynede godis of vertu wyngis to men to fle to heuene. 1418 26 Pol. Poems xiv. 47 To fliȝe to hyȝe, treste not þy wyng. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C4 Other excellent points I could..pinch him with to the like purpose, were I not contented to strike the winge, and come downe to his capacitie. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 30 Thy affections, which do hold a wing Quite from the flight of all thy auncestors. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 73 Knowledge the Wing wherewith we flye to heauen. View more context for this quotation 1648 G. Daniel Eclog. i. 120 You have a wing of Strength, might toure into The purest Region fancie breaths. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. v. i. 58 Give wing to your desires, and let 'em fly. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. x. x. 78 Every thing they said to me, seemed to lend me wings to run away. 1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xxv When the peculiar kind of folly keeps the wing no longer. 1849 J. C. Hare Serm. Preacht Herstmonceux Church II. iv. 80 In old times,..many stories got wing. b. In biblical and derived expressions referring to a mother bird's use of her wings for the protection of her young (cf. esp. Matthew 23:37); thus virtually = protecting care. (See also Phrases 1e(a)). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > embrace or keeping shield971 winga1300 a1300 E.E. Psalter xvi[i]. 8 Hile me under schadou of þi wenges twa. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxiii. 7 Vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wil I reioyse. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 107 His [sc. God's] wingis ar thy weirlie weid, His pennis ar thy strang defence. 1721 E. Young Revenge iv. i Why did I leave my tender father's wing, And venture into love? 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts xxxiii Azubah, once more under the shelter of her aunt's wing. 4. transferred. a. of (such-and-such) wing, used, like feather = kind or description of bird (usually figurative). Obsolete except in echoes of Ezekiel 17:23. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [phrase] > of a particular kind of (such-and-such) wing1598 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio i. v, in Terence in Eng. 406 All alike: all feathered of one wing [L. omnes congruont]: knowe one, and know all. 1601 W. Shakespeare Phoenix & Turtle in R. Chester Loves Martyr 170 From this Session interdict Euery foule of tyrant wing, Saue the Eagle feath'red King. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. D2 OF all the mad rascalls (that are of this wing) the Abraham-man is the most phantastick. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 90v A prying eye, a listning eare, and a prating tongue, are all birds of one wing. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xvii. 23 All foule of euery wing. 1630 Pathomachia iv. iii. 35 Here is another Bird of the same Wing I beleeue. b. Qualified by a restrictive word, or in technical phrases, = bird or birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > bird fowlOE bird?c1225 wing1601 feathera1616 feather-monger1767 feathered friend1933 1601 W. Shakespeare Phoenix & Turtle in R. Chester Loves Martyr 170 Let the bird of lowdest lay..Herauld sad and trumpet be: To whose sound chaste wings obay. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 188 The Prince of Augurs..drew A sure presage from ev'ry wing that flew. 1840 R. Bremner Excursions Denmark I. 293 We did not wonder to see scarcely a single wing of game in a whole day's journey. 1874 Kennel Club Cal. & Stud Bk. 1 p. xii He does not lose one [point] for each fault, providing it is simply not dropping to wing or shot. c. A flock (of plover). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of (plover) > flock of congregationc1430 wingc1810 c1810 A. Mackintosh Driffield Angler 294 Wing of plover. II. Something regarded as comparable to a bird's wing; a lateral appendage or side piece. 5. An appliance or appendage resembling or analogous to a wing in form or function. a. An artificial apparatus attached to the human arms or shoulders, (a) according to early accounts, for flying through the air, (b) for assistance in swimming. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > apparatus attached to human body featherhama800 wing1297 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming equipment bladder1623 paddle1823 scaphander1825 swimming-bladder1858 water wing1901 wing1908 nose clip1919 armband1927 flipper1945 fin1960 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 671 Vor þat men ssolde is enchantement se, He let him makie wengen [v.rr. wyngon, wingen, wynges, whyngys] an hei vor to fle. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 37 This Dedalus..Hath mad to fle diverse wynges For him and for his Sone also. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 562 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 23 [Symon Magus] passit vpe, and his weyngis dycht,..and flaw, as he a foule had bene. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 444 The head that turns at super-lunar things, Poiz'd with a tail, may steer on Wilkins' wings. 1908 Daily Chron. 29 July 5/6 Being unable to swim he had made use of a pair of swimming wings. b. One of the floats of a waterwheel or sails of a windmill. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail sailc1440 wing1484 ventaila1529 vane1581 sweep1702 arm1724 windsail1725 wind-vane1725 swift1763 wan1767 flyer1790 van1837 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. x For the swyftnesse of the water he must nedes passe vnder the whele of the mylle, And god wote yf the wynges of the mylle bete hym wel or not. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. x. 44 b Windmilles, hauing euery one of them 10. wings. 1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 15 There are very many wind milles there, hauing ten wings a piece. 1681 J. Owen Enq. Evangelical Churches ii. 16 To render the Gospel-Church-State a Machin..to be turned unto any Interest like the Wings of a Mill unto the Wind. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sails,..Windmill-wings. 1773 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) 284 Wing,..as the hands in a water wheel; a part of a sail, &c. 1866 C. W. Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster 1st Ser. 203 The wings of some of the these [wind~mills] describe a circuit of 100 feet diameter. c. Poetically or rhetorically applied to the sails of a ship. (See also white wings n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] sailc888 clothc1400 veila1425 clout1591 wing1600 sheet1637 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 14 Your Argosies with portlie sayle..As they flie by them with theyr wouen wings . View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 222 All their Canvass Wings. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xiii. 9 While flew the vessel on her snowy wing. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 160 The seaman's chariots, wandering on the brine With linen wings! 1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 29 The yellow wide wings of a bark. d. Various: see quots.: spec. (a) one of the planes of an aeroplane; (b) transferred (plural) in the Royal Air Force, a certificate of ability to pilot an aeroplane, indicated by the addition to the uniform of a badge representing a pair of wings; (c) slang an arm; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing wing1904 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > fighter pilot > insignia of wing1917 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xlii There are..rockets made without sticks. Fix to the small ones..four wings, in the nature of arrow feathers. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 159 The use of wings, rudders, oars,..to direct the course of a balloon. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Pair of Wings, oars. Cant. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Wings, arms. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wing..2. A vane of a rotating fan... 10. (Milling.) A strip, commonly of leather, attached to the skirt of the runner to sweep the meal into the spout. 1883 W. Aitken Lays of Line 65 Cam' an auld sodger yince wha was short o' a wing. 1904 O. Wright & W. Wright Brit. Patent 6732/1904 1 The superposed horizontal surfaces..formed by stretching cloth upon frames of wood and wire, constitute the ‘wings’, or supporting part of the apparatus. 1910 R. Ferris How it Flies 17 Aeroplanes are those forms of flying machines which depend for their support in the air upon the spread of surfaces which are variously called wings, sails, or planes. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings i. 5 The pilots have passed their tests and been decorated with wings. 1918 J. T. B. McCudden Five Years in R.F.C. 1 Having qualified for his R.F.C. wings in July of 1912. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Apr. 20/1 He came up with a bad arm during the season, and had been troubled before with it. If the big man's wing behaves this year he should be of considerable value. 1964 J. Cheever Wapshot Scandal ii. xxvii. 259 He..began to pitch the eggs... He had a good wing and by heaving the eggs far away..he was able to divert the..crowd. 1967 Boston Globe 22 Mar. 11/1 Wins wings as stewardess for American Airlines. 1976 Publishers Weekly 19 Apr. 78/3 Mike Hagen earns his wings as a crop duster in rural Florida. 6. A lateral part or appendage: in various connections. (See also senses 7 – 12.) a. A lateral or outlying portion of a space or region. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > part lying to either hand winga1400 side1428 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1051 An-other wynge of þe werld. 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 491 On the north end it subsides gradually into extensive pasture grounds; while on the south it slopes more steeply in a shorter distance... On either wing is a thick grove of..forest trees. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. ii. 49 Königsberg, Preussen, the easternmost outlying wing of his long straggling Dominions. 1874 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 228 The Hill of Howth, forming the north wing of the bay of Dublin. 1920 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 10/1 His fore-hand return across court off the service into the right-hand wing of his opponent's base line. b. Something forming a lateral boundary, as the side wall of a dock, sluice, chimney, etc.; also, a lateral component, extension, or complement of a structure, etc., e.g. either of the retaining walls at the ends of a bridge; also spec. of jumps for horse-riding: see quot. 19531. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > the side of anything sideeOE cheeka1400 coasta1400 wing?1482 flank1624 siding1627 broadside1632 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > lateral boundary sideOE wing?1482 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > show-jumping > series or parts of fences oxer1859 treble1895 ground-line1951 wing1953 ?1482 J. Kay tr. G. Caoursin Siege of Rhodes A place..by the weste banke of Rhodes: whiche maked with her walles and wynges a plesaunt hauen..and ys called the tour of Seynt Nycholas. 1531 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII V. 180 Settyng the wynkes of the said slewse new made. 1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 24 The outward Circle or wing of stones [of Stonehenge]. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 107 An apt falling-back of the Back, and convenient gathering of the Wings, and Brest of the Chimney. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 128 You may on each side [of the chimney] raise a Wing of Plaister. 1721 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 2) I. 67 The Wings (that is, the spaces between the Wall and the Columns, which is not comprehended in the breadth of the Atrium). 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 14 All this Wing of Wall..is exposed as a Butt to the..Blasts of the North-East. 1821 Rich Journ. Persepolis 27 Aug. The mountains..form a wing of stupendous perpendicular cliffs. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 206 Fillet,..a small flat face or band used principally between mouldings, to separate them from each other in classical architecture... When this appendage is..attached to the sides [of the moulding, it is called] its wings. 1851 B'ham & Midl. Gardeners' Mag. Apr. 38 Many fine trees which have..become unsightly..by losing whole wings at a time. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wing.. A lateral extension of an abutment... A leaf of a gate or double door... A side dam on a river shore to contract the channel. 1895 Daily News 14 Mar. 3/5 Tribune, the winner of the Beaudesert Steeplechase, was objected to for jumping the wing of one of the fences. 1953 G. Brooke Introd. Riding 12 Wings to a fence, something in the nature of hurdles placed on either side and at an angle to a fence to prevent a horse from running out to either hand. 1953 G. Brooke Introd. Riding iv. 39 It is advisable to start over a small fence with wings. 1960 Times 23 July 9/4 The moment to hit the pony is when it is well into the wings and about half a stride from the jump. 1977 J. Kidd Horse & Pony Man. iv. 56 When the fence is introduced always place wings or sloping poles on either side to discourage the horse from running out. c. A side piece (usually projecting), a lateral projection or member (in various tools, pieces of mechanism, or other structures: see quots.); spec. the part of a ploughshare which extends sideways and cuts the bottom of the furrow. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > other parts neck?a1425 buttc1425 cheek1487 wing1577 face1601 ear1678 wood1683 strig1703 thumb-piece1760 jaws1789 crown1796 lug1833 sprig1835 point angle1869 bulb1885 nosepiece1983 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > coulter > fin wing1577 fin1652 tush1652 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 21 They haue a litle wyng on the ryght syde of the Coulter, whiche wyng is to be remooued to whiche syde you list. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 15 b/1 The winges of the Trepane, which delicatelye and easilye cut. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 286/2 The Feathers or Fly, or Wing [of a spinning-wheel] is that which the crooked Wyres are set in. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 42 Some place on the right side of the Coulter a small Wing or Finn. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 346 The wings or vanes revolve from 120 to 150 times in the minute. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 166 This second spade is provided with an iron wing upon its shaft, by which the digger..forces it with his foot into the ground. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sinker..(Knitting-machine). A wheel with thin plates or projections, called wings,..used to depress (sink) the yarn between the needles. 1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 13 The legs [of wing compasses]..when opened to the required width are secured by means of the thumb-screw which binds on to the projecting wing. d. A projecting part of a fishing-net on one side of the main or central part. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > section of net ran1580 deeping1615 wing1678 1678 Act 30 Chas. II c. 9 §1 Above Fifty yards in length and Six yards in breadth or depth in the wing of the Nett. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 295 A Tench Weel without wings..An Eel Weel, with loose pits and wings. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 850/2 The salmon, swimming up the current, come in contact with the bar-net, and turning to pass around it, find themselves opposed by the wing. e. In a carriage, each of a pair of curved pieces extending over the wheels to provide protection from the splashing of mud; the mudguard of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > mudguard wing1783 mudguard1850 splashguard1917 mudwing1927 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > wing wing1928 1783 Morning Chron. 14 Mar. 4/2 (advt.) A new roomy Gig, with head to take off, wings, and new harness. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 215 Wings are fixed to the sides or elbows of the chaise bodies..; their use is to form a rest for the arm, and shelter the passenger from the dirt which splashes from the wheels. 1881 J. W. Burgess Pract. Treat. Coach-building v. 50 The wings..sometimes still are of wood, in which case they are hooped to the perch by iron hoops. 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 9/3 The force of the impact threw the car temporarily out of control, but with its front wings crumpled it continued its dash towards London. 1955 Times 10 May 7/7 The visibility forward would be better if it took in the near side front wing, but the rearward view through the 3ft. 9in. wide window is excellent. f. Each of two side pieces at the top of an armchair against which the head may be rested. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > wing wing1907 1907 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. 190 The wings formed by the arm enclosures were padded. 1911 F. M. Crawford Deadly Smile in Uncanny Tales ii A great old leathern arm-chair with wings. 7. a. Either of the two divisions (right wing n. and adj., left wing n. and adj.) on each side of the main body or centre of an army or fleet in battle array; also, each of the two divisions of a regiment or an air force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > wing or flank wingc1400 horn1533 out-wingc1540 flank1548 point1550 sleeve1574 left1693 right1694 pivot flank1786 reverse flank1792 wheeling flank1796 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > wing right winga1450 point1550 wing1622 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > wing of regiment wing1868 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > unit of flight1914 flying corps1914 wing1915 flying squadron1917 group1919 c1400 Brut ccxxiii. 283 Þe Scottis comen ferseliche in iiij wengus. c1400 Brut ccxxiii. 285 Þo hade euery Englisshe bataile ij wenges of pris Archiers. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xvi. 2520 A noþir weynge þai saw cum sone Off Inglis men. c1500 Melusine (1895) 230 Anthony..ordeyned archers & crosbowes to be vnder the wynges of hys batayll. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxx. 64/2 Therle of Northampton & therle of Arundell with the second batell were on a wyng in good order. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. ix. 16 When they which were of the lefte wynge, sawe that the right side was discomfited. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 333 Wee did presently battell-wise cast our selues into a Wing, as if we had been the Turkish Gallies. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 617 Their doubl'd Ranks they bend From Wing to Wing. View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 294 The Armies coming close up, the Wings engaged first. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Wings,..are also the skirts or extremities of a fleet when it is ranged into a line a-breast. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iv. 149 The European divisions were directed severally against the left and right wings. 1868 Queen's Reg. & Ord. Army ⁋300 When the Service Companies of a Regiment happen to be divided into Wings, the head Quarter wing will assign a due proportion of the Mess necessaries for the use of the other wing. 1915 C. G. Grey Tales Flying Services 71 One of the chief duties of this ‘wing’..was to look out for Zeppelins. b. In football and similar games: The position of the forwards on either side of the centre; a player or players occupying this position. Cf. left wing n. and adj., right wing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 1882 in T. Charles-Edwards & B. Richardson They saw it Happen (1958) 300 He was instantly robbed by Strachan, who passed it [sc. the football] to the left wing. 1898 J. Goodall Assoc. Football 38 Suddenly there will be a swift clear side-kick to the other wing. c. A section of a political or other party, holding views deviating in one direction or the other from those generally held (often distinguished as left or right).[Cf. quot. 1670 at left wing n. 1 ] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > group within a party wing1879 party cell1931 tendency1974 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiii. 186 There is always a disreputable wing to the radical party. 1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 449/1 The democratic wing of the Tory party, of which Lord Randolph Churchill aspires to be the leader. 1898 J. E. C. Bodley France II. 427 Significant also is the attitude of the Socialists, who now compose the Radical left wing. 8. a. One of a pair of lateral projecting pieces of a garment on or near the shoulder, as of a doublet; also, a side-flap of a cap, etc.; in military uniform, a kind of epaulette (now worn by bandsmen) which stands out from the seam at the top of the shoulder. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > shoulder > wing or projection on wing1412 puff wing1602 society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > patch or epaulette wing1810 flash1918 shoulder board1949 shoulder tab1966 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > epaulette or shoulder knot shoulder pointa1627 shoulder-knot1676 epaulette1783 wing1810 tags1837 shell1847 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other bouta1300 locketa1350 flipe1530 tarf1545 corneta1547 round tire1560 scuffe1599 lappet1601 mirror1601 flandana1685 rose1725 rounding1732 feather-peeper1757 screed1788 valance1791 busby-bag1807 cointise1834 wing1834 kredemnon1850 havelock1861 cache-peigne1873 pullover1875 stocking-foot1921 grummet1953 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 67 Þer wer..Vauntbras with wynges, & rerebras þer-to. 1557 in W. Dugdale Orig. Jurid. (1666) lxx. 310 That none of the Companions except Knights or Benchers..wear..Wings in their Gowns. 1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. B2 There is as much perill betweene the wings and the skirts of one of their Doublets, as in all the liberties of London. 1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) vii. 81 If short Sleeves be worn, she [who pushes fashion to an extreme] will have nothing but Wings. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 94/2 The Wings, are Welts or peeces set over the place on the top of the Shoulders, where the Body and Sleeves are set together. 1810 Army Gen. Order 19 Feb. Field Officers..are to wear Wings in addition to their Epaulettes. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 139 A linen cap with large wings which concealed the face. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 152 The whole of the remaining Clothing (with the exception of the wings and fringe). 1869 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 181 A sort of spencer open in the middle, with two wings, one on each breast. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] > armpit armholea1325 armpita1333 oxterc1420 okselle1489 asselea1500 wings1586 axilla1616 enmontery1655 underarm1933 pit1955 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 499 He tooke hir with both his armes by the wings [Fr. les aisselles]. 9. a. A subordinate part of a building on one side of the main or central part. Also in extended use, any more or less separate section of a building, esp. of a hospital or prison.spec. in Fortification: see quot. 1704. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > additional or separate part penthousea1400 wing1523 member1601 annexation1611 additionc1638 adject1784 annexe1829 extension1852 out-quarter1888 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > projecting subdivision outshot1378 wing1523 limb1577 jambc1600 excursiona1626 return1625 flanker1631 pavilionc1676 1523 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 209 Who with his armye was..loged in the countrey in thre wardes and sundry winges. a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 40 This Edifice is formed all out of Circels..wch forme the too winges. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 345 The Court at Entrie, & Wings for Offices seeme to neere the streete. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Wings, in Fortification, are the large Sides of Horn-works, Crown-works, Tenailles, and the like Out~works. 1767 G. Whitefield Let. (1768) 12 Allowing another thousand for repairing the house, and building the two intended wings. 1820 W. Irving Christmas Eve in Sketch Bk. II. 61 It was an irregular building of some magnitude... One wing was evidently very ancient, with heavy stone~shafted bow windows. 1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 27 Wing, a section of a prison. 1959 L. Lee Cider with Rosie 132 Hannah Brown was put to bed in the Woman's Wing, and Joseph lay in the Men's. 1967 Listener 1 June 718/3 Three weeks later he was back in C wing. 1981 C. Priest Affirmation iii. 19 I found a letter from the Governor of Durham Prison, saying that Uncle William had been admitted to the hospital wing. b. Nautical (a) That part of the hold or space between decks which is next the ship's side. (b) In a steamer (see quot. 1846). (c) In a canal-boat or barge (see quot. 1906). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > parts of hold forepeak1693 peak1693 wing1730 forehold1790 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > side decks of paddle steamer sponson1835 wing1846 wing-deck1889 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > board for legger on canal boat wing1906 1730 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 25 Sept. Levelled the Hold from the Fore-hatchway clear aft,..and picked out the large Stones to lay in the Wings. 1805 in Naval Chron. 15 34 He..was carried down into one of the wings. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 370 The term wing is also applied to the projecting part of a steam-vessel's deck before and abaft each of the paddle-boxes; this is bounded by a thick plank called the sponsing-rim or wing-wale which extends from the extremity of the paddle-beam to the ship's side. 1906 Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 10/5 If the tunnel is too wide, boards projecting over the boat's side, termed ‘wings’, are brought into use for them [sc. ‘leggers’] to lie on. c. Theatre. Each of the side-scenes on the stage; also plural (occasionally singular) the space at each side of the stage where these stand. Also in figurative phr. waiting in the wings and variants, ready to act or make an appearance; (for the moment) taking no part in the action. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > sides side-scene1675 side wing1698 slips1771 prompt sidec1782 wing1790 side-slip1808 coulisse1819 prompt corner1872 tormentor1886 P1901 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > waiting [phrase] on (also upon) the reserve1655 to watch the clock?1705 in waiting1769 waiting in the wings1876 1790 E. Malone Hist. Acct. Eng. Stage in Plays & Poems Shakspeare I. ii. 83 The technical modern term, wings, or side scenes. 1807 Director 2 330 The turning of one single wheel effects at once..the simultaneous retreat of the entire assemblage of wings and drops and flat. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 208 The little space there is between the wings and the wall; and one wing and another. 1847 W. J. Broderip Zool. Recreations 320 The frantic stage-manager in the wing. 1876 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Dec. The author has given him a mother who..has been kept waiting in the wing, as it were, for many acts. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 16 She had known her maintain that cold sternness to the very wings, and then bound on to the stage. 1946 P. Bottome Lifeline iii. 39 We've Churchill waiting in the wings, to take the helm when the storm breaks. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 237 Already famous, he remained as it were in the wings of his busy, talkative thought. 1977 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 Sept. 44/1 Despite vast expenditures on research and development..the videodisc is still hovering diffidently in the wings. 1985 Times 19 Jan. 21/1 Yesterday's huge jump in the share price suggests there is a buyer in the wings. 10. Anatomy. A lateral part or projection (usually, one of a pair) of some organ or structure; e.g. each of the lateral cartilages of the nose, a lateral process of a bone (esp. of the sphenoid): = ala n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > wing wing1650 ala1784 alation1860 the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of nose ala1634 wing1650 pinna1668 pterygium1684 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis vii. 79 That beauty which so manifestly appears in the wings of the Nose. 1663 R. Bayfield Τῆς Ἰατρικῆς Κάρτος 100 The Haw, nail, or little wing (as they term it) of the eye. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 231 Pinna Auris is the upper and broader part of the Ear, called the Wing. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. vii. 32 The Wing of the right Nostril. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 289 The great wing of the sphenoid bone. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 570 When one wing [of the diaphragm] is much raised, as by a collection of gas. 11. Botany. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > axil or part where leaf meets stem navel?c1450 armpit1601 wing1763 navel-knot1766 axil1791 axilla1830 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 402 The flowers..are produced.. from the wings of the leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaflet lacinia1668 label1672 pinna1703 label1707 pinnula1707 ala1712 lobe1731 pinnule1751 lobe-leaf1758 leafit1761 little leaf1775 wing1776 foliole1785 leaflet1811 lobelet1850 auricle1861 lobule1880 pinnulet1881 pointrel1881 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants 651 Fern. Filix mas... Leaves doubly winged; wings blunt. c. Each of the two lateral petals of a papilionaceous flower: = ala n.1 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > of particular shape or position keel1597 vexillum1703 standard1725 ala1731 wing1776 banner1785 vexil1813 winglet1855 keel-petal1876 pterygium1896 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Gloss. Ala, a Wing, the Side Petals of a papilionaceous Blossom, or a Membrane added to a Seed, Stalk, &c. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 307 Wings are 2 equal petals. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 85 Genista..Wings oblong. d. A thin membranous appendage of a seed or fruit, serving for its dispersal by the wind; a thin lateral projection extending along a stem; any thin appendage, as on some part of a flower. (Cf. winged adj.1 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > parts of specific shape finger?a1425 saucer1578 umbrella1658 neck1673 discus1687 cord1776 wing1776 starlet1787 ribbon1854 rat-tail1871 peltation1881 rod1884 1776 [see sense 11b]. 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 183 Fruit egg'd, encompass'd with a wing striated on both sides. 1911 W. S. Furneaux Field & Woodl. Plants iii. 37 In the Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea..the ‘wings’ of the stem and petioles. 12. Physics. A part of a spectral line where the intensity tails off to nothing at either side of it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > decomposition of light, spectrum > [noun] > spectral line > part of wing1959 1959 Canad. Jrnl. Physics 37 1252 (caption) Graph illustrating the dispersion line form for the high-frequency wing of the S(1) line of normal hydrogen at 85° K. 1982 Sci. Amer. July 77/3 At positions in the cloud other than the position of the infrared source the broad velocity wings disappeared and the lines had the narrow widths we had originally expected. Phrases P1. With prepositions. a. in (the) wing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > in some pursuit in wing of?1482 up to ——1837 ?1482 J. Kay tr. G. Caoursin Siege of Rhodes Whenne thay were in wyng of these werkys [L. Dum haec..agerentur]. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > in or into a person's presence in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in one's (or the) visage1430 under a person's nosea1450 in the face of1482 in the wing of1579 before one's nosec1604 to one's nosea1616 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 39v Our owne Newtralisme and Lukwarmenes shall in the wyng of Gods sonne vtterly condemne vs. b. on (also upon) the wing or †one's wing, †on wing; also a-wing adv. (a) literal. Flying, in flight. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > moving in air [phrase] > flying on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans d j b When she is on wyng and comyth low bi the grounde. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq2/1 The roiall Eagle When she hath tri'd her young ones gainst the Sun,..next teacheth 'em to prey, How to command on wing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 332 They heard, and were abasht, and up they sprung Upon the wing . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 345 So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the Cope of Hell. View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 The insect youth are on the wing. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 137 It is seldom that one of these birds is on wing..without uttering its cry. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 301 The old birds were too strong on the wing for our young marksmen. 1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám vii. 2 The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly—and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. 1882 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 299 I have been as happy as a bird on the wing. (b) figurative. (i) Moving or travelling swiftly or briskly; astir, active, on the move. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] on fastec1275 as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300 a good (also great, etc.) shake13.. in hastec1300 (wiþ) gret yre13.. in speeda1325 good speeda1400 on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508 with post1569 on or upon the speed1632 on the run?1679 by the run1787 like a house on fire (also afire)1809 at the double-quick1834 with a run1834 fast and furious1851 at the double1860 at the rate of knots1892 for (or on) the (high) jump1905 like blue murder1914 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 178 Throw Scotland, Ingland, France and Lumbardy Fleys on weyng thi fame and thi renoune. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 133 When I had seene this hote loue on the wing . View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq2/2 'Tis time his fortune be a wing [v.rr. o' wing, o' th' wing], high time sir. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. B3v So long as we can keep sound Doctrine on wing, we shall hope to kill..all three [evils]. 1655 Ld. Norwich Let. 30 Nov. in E. Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 217 With what impatience his good subiects..expect to heare yt his Maty were uppon his wing. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xiii. 92 The prince, whose thoughts were always on the wing. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. i. iii Nobody is on the wing; hardly a single traveller. 1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow III. xi. 197 Captain..Clanwaring was on the wing early. (ii) ‘Taking flight’, going off or away, starting, departing; ready to start or depart. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [phrase] > ready to depart on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1622 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. To Rdr. **2 Hauing beene too prodigall in communicating my papers,..they caught me when I was vpon my wings. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love i. 4 Look you, they are on the wing already. 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 55 He's wild, and soon on wing, if watchful eyes come near. 1722 A. Pope Corr. 8 Feb. (1956) II. 102 When I went last to town, and was on wing for the Deanery. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne III. iii. xx. 247 She fell on her knees..in prayer for the departing spirit, on its wing. 1898 Punch 20 Aug. 81/2 The Courts are up, and the members of the four Inns are supposed to be on the wing. c. on wings: (going) with light steps as one in a joyously exalted mood. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb] gladlyc900 hightlyOE blithelyc1000 merryOE joyfullyc1330 gamelya1375 glada1400 merrilyc1400 joyinglyc1430 gladfully?c1450 joyously1474 deliciously1481 gladsomely1487 mirthfully1508 delightfully?1567 delightingly1602 delightedly1654 on wings1859 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [phrase] > with light steps on wings1859 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. v. 60 Now the young gentleman was off and out every night, and seemed to be on wings. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth vi They sealed the promise with a long loving kiss, and Gerard went home on wings. d. on the wings of…: see sense 2b. e. under (..) wing. (a) under the wing of, under ——'s wing (†wings): under the protection, care, or patronage of. (Cf. sense 3b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in the care or custody of under a person's hand (also hands)OE under the wing ofc1230 in fang witha1400 in yemea1400 among the hands ofa1533 in charge (of)1548 under the umbrage of1677 c1230 Hali Meid. (1922) 66 Ȝef þu wel wrist te under godes wengen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17638 I blisce þe, lauerd, þou me has gett And sauf vnder þi wenges sett. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1769 Turne þe, trechoure,..And drawe a-gayn to þi den vndire þi dam wingis [v.r. wengez]. 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 281/2 Such as abide and kepe theim self undre the wynge of your Mageste Roiall. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.v And vnder the wynge of my proteccyon All rebels brought be to subieccyon. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hiijv I haue euer be brought vp at home i. vnder my mothers wynge. 1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. Ep. Ded. sig. A 3v If I had not taken this opportunity..of doing that right to the Truth I here professe as to put it under the wings of so fit and able a Patron. 1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 47 There liv'd Miss Cicely..under the wing of an old maiden aunt. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxi. 353 They fled for their lives to find safety under Pompey's wing in Capua. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > remain inactive stillc1330 liec1374 stayc1540 to keep one's bill under wing1548 connive1667 to lie by1709 repose1817 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxiiij After this..the duke of Yorke..thought it mete neither lenger to dissimule, nor farther to kepe his bill vnder wyng. (c) hit under the wing (slang): intoxicated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iv. 47 He being..‘hit under the wing’. P2. With verbs. (For other phrases, as clip the wings, see the verbs.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > be timorous [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate or hang back through timidity wondec897 arghc1175 scurnc1325 erch1584 to hang the winga1601 shirk1778 crane1823 a1601 T. North tr. Epaminondas in Plutarch Lives (1612) 1122 Afraid onely of the name and reputation of Epaminondas, and hanging the wing, as they say. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 40 If Saint Peter..had hanged the wing, as they speake, or let fall his Crest. b. to make wing (cf. 3a and make v.1 45): to make one's way by flying, to fly. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [verb (intransitive)] to make winga1616 to stretch wing to weather1825 flag1848 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 52 Light thickens, And the Crow makes Wing toth' Rookie Wood. View more context for this quotation 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 281 Hence he made wing, taking a long and strong flight to Mizpah. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxxxvii. 23 The dastard Crow, that to the wood made wing. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 323 The weary fowls of heaven make wing in vain, To escape your wrath. c. (a) to take to wing (to take to —— 1a at take v. Phrasal verbs 2): = sense 1b ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 280 Soon as e're to Wing they take. 1870 N. F. Hele Aldeburgh vii. 84 It was within ten yards of me when it took to wing. (b) to take (†its, etc.) wing (take v. 68a). (i) Of a bird, etc.: to take flight, begin flying. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 136 He knew the Rocks which Angels haunt..; He hath kenn'd them taking wing. 1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 62 They will instantly take wing and give you a beautiful shot. 1890 C. Dixon Stray Feathers i. 6 The Ring Doves, startled at this, took wing. (ii) figurative. To ‘take flight’, take one's departure, make off, flee. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > hastily or suddenly fleec825 warpa1400 wringc1400 bolt1575 decamp1751 mog1770 to hop the twig1797 to take (its, etc.) wing1806 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 vamoose1834 fade1848 skedaddle1862 to beat it1906 blow1912 to hop it1914 beetle1919 bug1950 jet1951 1704 London Gaz. No. 4056/5 Success, like Fame, has taken Wing. 1715 R. Bentley Serm. Popery 24 The weary Soul..ready to leave the Carcase, and yet not suffer'd to take it's Wing. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 67 I lately changed my lodgings... I took wing at a moment's warning. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 56 As he touched the lock, they took wing like a covey of partridges. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvi. 59 I found a fellow who..knew this Mrs Glasher before she took wing. d. to spread (also stretch, try) one's wings: to test or develop one's powers; to lead a life of wider scope than hitherto. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > try experiments or make experiment [verb (intransitive)] > try one's ability to fond one's flightc1425 to spread (also stretch, try) one's wings1864 1864 G. Meredith Let. 1 June (1970) I. 260 One thought my Marie merely trying her wings. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xxxiv. 192 He is trying his wings. He is just the sort of young fellow to rise. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister III. xx. 332 When I found myself the son-in-law of a very rich man I thought I might spread my wings a bit. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism ii. 67 It was in an age of political anarchy that the forces destined to dominate the future tried their wings. 1953 ‘W. Cooper’ Ever-interesting Topic v. ii. 252 He decided to compose music as well as to play it: he began to try his wings as a creative artist, and he found they held him up. 1973 ‘P. Malloch’ Kickback xi. 69 ‘Hagan's stretching his wings a bit.’ ‘Beginning to feel his weight, is he?’ 1978 S. Radley Death & Maiden xv. 145 She wanted to spread her wings a bit, meet new people. P3. a wing and a prayer: a jocular form of reference (after quot. 1943) to an emergency landing by an aircraft; also figurative and as attributive.phr. in allusion to reliance on hope in desperate situations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope forlorn hopea1643 wish-thinking1930 wishful thinking1932 a wing and a prayer1943 straw-clutching1962 hope-against-hope1968 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > emergency forced landing1917 a wing and a prayer1943 1943 H. Adamson Comin' in on a Wing & a Prayer (song) Tho' there's one motor gone, we can still carry on, Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r. 1967 Economist 3 June 998/2 The ITA's problem is to decide which applicants give most promise of maintaining an improvement over six years... This is largely a wing and a prayer decision. 1971 P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin xii. 250 I reckoned it was better to get kitted up for a proper job rather than come charging down 'ere on a wing and a prayer. 1977 W. Marshall Thin Air xii. 150 The co-pilot brought it in... Wing and a prayer! 1980 T. Barling Goodbye Piccadilly xvi. 334 The pilot spoke to him... ‘This is real wing and a prayer weather.’ Compounds C1. a. General attributive. (a) In sense 1 (in reference to parts, structure, or function), as wing area, wing-beat, wing-bone, wing feather, wing flight, wing-length, wing membrane, wing neuration, wing patch, wing pattern, wing pinion, wing power, wing quill, wing ray, wing shoulder, wing-span, wing-spread, wing vein. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 Furth she quicklye galops, with wingflight swallolyke hastning. 1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 114 Put under the wing-Pinions on each side the long slices of flesh which you did cut from the Breast-bone. 1704 J. Petiver Gazophylacii III. 37 Its Belly, Wing-shoulders, Collar, and about the Eyes white. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 343 The exterior wing~feathers are black. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 3 Interior wing-quills externally margined. 1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 37 The Pterigostia or wing-bones, hairy. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 25/1 It [sc. a bat] hybernates..snugly wrapped up in the wing-membranes. 1856 Zoologist 14 5157 The wing-veins of insects. 1856 Zoologist 14 5195 The Wing-rays of Insects. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 100 Wing-patch resolved into two bars. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 174 When very young, the wing-markings more fulvous. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 269 Those..which can soar are mostly large birds, with a relatively large wing~area. 1897 ‘N. Blanchan’ Bird Neighbors 143 Bank Swallow... About an inch shorter than the English sparrow, but apparently much larger because of its wide wing-spread. 1902 Spectator 26 July 112 The wing-power of the dragon-flies. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 2/3 For wing-beats of great angels we would hear the herdsman's call. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 432/1 Orthopteroid wing-neuration. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 469/1 The darkening of wing-patterns in many species of Lepidoptera. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 485 Head askew, arches his back and hunched wingshoulders. 1927 Daily Express 31 Aug. 8/3 It..is shaped like the wing-bone of a chicken. 1943 A. Clarke Coll. Plays (1963) 173 This big wind that filled My wingbones blew me into the trees. 1946 Nature 21 Dec. 904/1 The accompanying table shows..the weight in kgm. and wing-length in cm. of the female. 1949 Brit. Birds 42 187 The wing-span was found to measure nearly four feet, and the length was 21 inches. 1957 New Yorker 13 July 22/2 We got over six hundred bats, from insectivorous ones with an eight-inch wingspread to fruit eaters with a five-foot wingspread. 1971 Sci. Amer. Dec. 79/3 For aerodynamic reasons large birds have a slow wingbeat. 1977 P. Way Super-Celeste 123 The skull and upper bones of the [eagle's] wingspan had.. driven like a cannon ball into the pilot's belly. (b) In sense 5d; (of aeroplanes) wing-length, wing-skid, wing-span, wing-spread, wing-stay. ΚΠ 1897 F. W. Lanchester Aerodonetics (1908) 353 The reaction of the air on the upper and under wing surfaces. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air x. 317 It had taken only an hour or so to substitute wing stays from the second flying-machine and to replace the nuts he had himself removed. 1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 474 Wing Plan, the outline of the wing or main plane surface as viewed from above. 1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 474 Wing skid, a small skid, or runner, placed under the tip of the wings of an aeroplane. 1912 Q. Rev. July 231 If the 1000 lb. aeroplane is to travel slower, it must have a larger wing-spread. 1918 Pagé & Montariol Gloss. Aviation Terms 33/1 Wing span. 1920 Flight 12 864/1 The Loughead S1 model, as it is called, is a single-seater biplane with a wing span of 28ft. 1975 Farnborough 76 (Soc. Brit. Aerospace Companies) 30/2 The world's smallest jet aircraft, the Bede BD-5J..with a wing span of only 17ft. 1978 R. Jansson News Caper 9 There was the fighter again, flying parallel half a winglength away. 1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 135/1 In 1899 the Wrights built a biplane kite with a five-foot wingspread that embodied their wing-twisting roll control. (c) In sense 6 or 9 (= side, lateral), as wing boiler, wing cabin, wing room, wing walk. ΚΠ a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: Bacon (1898) I. 79 In the middle~most three coaches may passe abreast: in the wing-walkes two may. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 284/2 The furnaces in the wing boilers. 1877 L. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 112 The sleeved surcoat; the ailettes or wing~pieces, behind the shoulders. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 291 Wing-bore..a side or flank bore-hole. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 2/1 The wing cabin at the foot of the companion. 1893 T. N. Page In Ole Virginia 194 The great chamber was given up to the baby, the Colonel going to the wing room. 1923 J. C. Rogers Eng. Furnit. 64 The back..fitted with forward wing-pieces. (d) In sense 7, as wing adjutant, wing-back, wing commander, wing officer; in sense 7b, as wing forward, wing half, wing-man, wing player. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > officer in air force > wing commander wing commander1734 Wingco1941 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer of wing wing adjutant1734 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair > wing wing-back1734 wing chair1775 lug-chair1901 wing-back chair1933 1734 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Earl of Eglinton (1885) 192 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4575) XLIV. 1 I sent a pinnace and brought the Velt Marshall's Wing Adjutant to me. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 470/2 Wing Officer, an officer of the Indian army attached to a wing of a native infantry regiment. 1882 Cassell's Bk. Sports 40 Wing players should be good dribblers. 1898 J. Goodall Assoc. Football 30 The wing game—that is to say, the two pairs playing together, leaving the centre-forward waiting for something to turn up. 1898 J. Goodall Assoc. Football 78 Wing-halves should keep their eyes on the wing-forwards. 1914 Times 22 Dec. 4/3 Royal Flying Corps..Wing Commander.—Brev. Maj. H. R. M. Brooke-Popham, Oxf. and Bucks. L.I. 1918 W. T. Blake R.F.C. in War vii. 42 The Wing Head~quarters. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station iv. 75–6 Wing Commander (relative rank of Commander, R.N.) Squadron Commander (relative rank of Lieutenant Commander, R.N.) Flight Commander (relative rank of Lieutenant, R.N.). 1933 Time 13 Nov. 57/1 A wing~back is..a halfback who takes position about a yard and a half behind the line of scrimmage and about the same distance outside his own end. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Jan. 4/1 Baltimore scored first on a pass from Charley Ernst, center forward, to Harry McAdams, newly acquired wingman. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxviii. 217 And a real wing-commander came in yesterday and talked to me. 1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 13 Oct. c1/3 The Buckeyes rushed for 359 yards as quarterback Cornelius Greene and wingback Brian Baschnagel each scored twice. 1976 Derbyshire Times 3 Sept. (Peak ed.) 26/1 Matlock, in contrast, always looked dangerous with Peter Scott, the Fenoughty brothers, Mick and Nick, and wing-man Colin Oxley constantly troubling the Runcorn defence with their speedy breaks. (e) = having wings or side appendages ( 6, 8), as wing bonnet, wing cap, wing chair, wing gudgeon, wing-nut. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nut > wing-nut wing-nut1775 fly-nut1825 butterfly nut1849 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other toque1505 biggin1511 button cap1527 undercap1531 biggin1558 fool's cap1577 apex1578 blue capa1586 wishing-cap1600 Wantage cap1609 infernal1610 porringer1623 montera1626 montera cap1652 school cap1736 wing cap1775 balloon1784 balloon-cap1785 spider-cap1790 poke-fly cap1810 strap-cap1820 mandarin cap1835 porringer-cap1839 chechia1853 turban1862 mitre1877 turban-cap1881 half-cap1893 pillbox cap1897 Queen Mary hat1928 snap-back1937 songkok1960 pakul1982 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > with side flaps wing bonnet1775 gypsy bonnet1803 Gypsy1806 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair > wing wing-back1734 wing chair1775 lug-chair1901 wing-back chair1933 1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 28 Feb. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 70 She had on a large dirty wing Cap, made of muslin. 1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. xiii. 316 Then at the top of the mount of hair and horsehair..there was sometimes a fly-cap, or a wing cap, or a pouf. 1883 Longman's Mag. July 259 The wing bonnet like the tilt of a waggon. 1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 121 Put a ¼ inch bolt with a wing thumb nut, through. 1907 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. 190 The ordinary English ‘wing’ or ‘grandfather’ chair. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. May 349/1 The wing-nut on its shaft is released, the detachable rim-wheel placed on the shaft, and the nut replaced. 1971 Flying Apr. 26/2 The control and gust locks..are adjustable to fit virtually any light aircraft by means of easy-to-operate wing nuts. b. Instrumental, adverbial, parasynthetic, etc. wing-borne adj. ΚΠ 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wing-borne. 1942 S. Smith Mother, what is Man? 67 Than earth-born engine-borne, heaven-born wing-borne is better? 1977 Guardian Weekly 5 June 3/2 About half the crashes happened when the aircraft was hovering, or in transition from normal wingborne flight. wing-broken adj. ΚΠ a1793 G. White Naturalist's Cal. (1795) 96 As a person was lately pursuing a pheasant that was wing~broken. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting iii. 71 Rather a cruel method, perhaps, but one attended with great success in wild-goose shooting, is, on securing a wing-broken one, to fasten it to a stake a short distance from the blind. wing-clipped adj. ΚΠ 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Mar. 2/1 Some of the birds can fly,..but the wing-clipped ones..are..shot down. wing-flapping adj. ΚΠ 1915 E. Pound Cathay 10 He goes out to Hori, to look at the wing-flapping storks. 1953 N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World xxi. 183 A screaming, wing-flapping tangle. wing-hoofed adj. ΚΠ ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxiii. 377 Who th' extended night With-held in long date; nor would let the light Her wing-hoou'd horse ioyne. wing-like adj. ΚΠ 1795–1804 W. Blake Vala vi, in Compl. Writings (1972) 318 And the wing-like tent of the Universe, beautiful, surrounding all. 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Alaria ossa The wing-like processes of the sphenoid bone. wing-limed adj. ΚΠ 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 53 Why the wilde Fen-Goose..as wing-lym'd, cannot flie. wing-shadowed adj. ΚΠ 1938 D. Gascoyne Hölderlin's Madness 28 The bewildered words which try to tell The tale of his bright night And his wing-shadowed day. wing-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 598 Leaves..wing-shaped. wing-shattered adj. ΚΠ 1928 E. Blunden Retreat 60 But now the grey age passes by my faint senses And charm lies wing-shattered or dead. wing-stiff adj. ΚΠ 1945 P. Larkin North Ship 33 It was your severed image that grew sweeter, That floated, wing-stiff, focussed in the sun. wing-weary adj. ΚΠ 1868 J. G. Whittier in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 1 The sky is hot and hazy, and the wind, Wing-weary with its long flight from the south. 1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure x. 154 The woodcock come in wing-weary from their North Sea voyagings. wing-wide adj. ΚΠ 1818 J. Keats Walking in Scotl. 19 Eagles may seem to sleep wing-wide upon the air. C2. wing-and-wing adj. Nautical (of a ship) sailing directly before the wind, with the foresail hauled over on one side and the mainsail on the other. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > goose-winged wing-laid1632 wing-and-winga1819 goose-winged1866 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adverb] > goose-winged wing-and-winga1819 a1819 J. Greenwood Revolutionary Services (1922) vi. 82 We were now wing and wing, that is, right before the wind. 1828 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. iii. 84 That..schooner would make more way going wing-and-wing than jammed up on a wind. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 135. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 4 We greet the clippers wing-and-wing that race the Southern wool. wing-back chair n. = wing chair at Compounds 1a(e); also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair > wing wing-back1734 wing chair1775 lug-chair1901 wing-back chair1933 1933 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown i. 1 The wing-back chair by the fireplace. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xlvi. 247 She sat in her wingback chair flicking through one of the coffee table books. 1977 Chicago Tribune Mag. 2 Oct. 9/1 (advt.) The chair that stands still in time—the Classic Wingback with Chippendale legs. wing-band n. = wing-bar n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > marking on beauty spot1804 wing-bar1844 speculum1847 wing-band1872 mirror1903 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 101 Wing-bands generally fused into one large patch. wing-bar n. (a) a lateral bar in a scuffling-plough; (b) a bar or band of colour on the feathers of a bird's wing, spec. one formed by distinctive coloration of the greater or median coverts or both; (c) in an aeroplane: see quot. 1910. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > marking on beauty spot1804 wing-bar1844 speculum1847 wing-band1872 mirror1903 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other parts of plough plough-line1384 plough-strake1395 cleat1419 weigh-tree1578 spindle1616 pole wedge1733 table1763 throat1771 brace1808 wang1808 wing-bar1844 sill1877 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > structural framework > specific supporting wings wing-bar1844 spar1866 rib1889 pylon1912 cabane1913 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 959 The ends of the wing-bars having a mortise formed to receive the quadrant, are moved upon this to any required width. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 348/2 They are light blue on the coloured parts and have no wing bars. 1910 R. Ferris How it Flies 474 Wing Bar, the larger construction members of a wing, running from the body outward to the tips. The ribs are attached to the wing bars, usually at right angles. Categories » wing-bay n. a marking on a bird's wing formed by distinctive coloration of the secondaries, in certain game-cocks characteristically of a bay colour. wing-bow n. a marking on the shoulder or bend of the wing formed by distinctive coloration of the lesser coverts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > marking on wing wing-bow1867 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Poultry Bk. 338 Wing Bow.—Rich dark red. wing-bud n. in insect larvæ, a histoblast from which the wings develop. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > parts of > wing-bud wing-bud1917 1917 R. J. Tillyard Biol. Dragonflies iii. 47 The wing-bud is simply an ectodermal evagination, in the form of a small bag lined internally with hydoderm cells, and externally with the cuticle. 1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xxi. 407 A progressive development of the wing buds occurs at each moult. wing-case n. each of the structures (modified fore-wings) which cover the functional wings in certain insects, as the elytra of beetles and the tegmina of Orthoptera. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > wing-cover(s) wing-case1661 wing-shell1681 wing-cover1816 tegmen1817 wing-sheath1855 tegumen1882 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. C2v Some [Insects] have wing-cases, as beetles, and cantharides. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 2) I. iii. 64 It would..have emerged an elegant beetle, furnished with..two wings, and two wing-cases, ornamented with yellow bands. wing-chick n. a young chicken still under the protection of its mother's wing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken chickenOE chicka1398 poulta1425 chicken birdc1450 peepera1586 peepling1594 game chicken1674 peep1688 spring chicken1765 clucker1779 chickabiddy1785 chicklet1836 chickie1851 wing-chick1885 pee-pee1890 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. xiii. 325 A young poet..is not the same kind of wing-chick as a young actress. wing-clap n. and v. (intransitive) . ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound to sing awk1600 warble1605 snapper1664 flute1800 note1906 wing-clap1964 the world > animals > birds > [noun] > making sound > sound produced wing-clap1964 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 631/2 More rattling or clattering wing-claps may be made by pigeons suddenly taking wing when alarmed. 1976 Country Life 18 Mar. 672/2 The long-eared owl will wing-clap during its spring nuptial flight. wing-clapping n. the production of a noise by a bird slapping its wings against its body. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > making sound wing-clapping1941 1941 H. F. Witherby et al. Handbk. Brit. Birds IV. 142 Performance [of display-flight by turtle-dove] may be accompanied by wing-clapping. 1976 Country Life 18 Mar. 672/2 The mechanical production of snaps from the beak may be compared with wing-clapping by birds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > compound or lobed cut1565 winged1668 pinnate1687 conjugated1690 trifoliated1698 auriculated1712 auriculate1714 pennate1723 pinnated1725 pennated1727 bigeminate1753 lyrated1753 pedated1753 pinnatifid1753 supradecomposite1753 supradecompound1753 ternated1753 trifoliate1753 lyrate1760 pedate1760 quinate1760 ternate1760 tripinnate1760 palmed1767 bilobated1770 lyre-shaped1778 pennatifid1778 finger-parted1783 superdecompound1783 bipinnate1785 biternate1785 conjugate1785 lobed1787 tergeminate1793 wing-cleft1796 yoked?1803 binate1807 septenate1807 trijugous1813 auricled1821 pinniform1821 multijugous1828 pinnulate1828 trifoliolate1828 bipinnatifid1830 multifoliolate1831 multijugate1831 quinquefoliolate1832 bifoliolate1835 pinnatisected1837 palmatifid1839 tripinnatifid1839 foliate1840 palmatipartite1840 pinnatilobate1840 pinnatipartite1840 pinnatisect1840 bipinnated1842 biconjugate1847 imparipinnate1847 paripinnate1851 pinnatulate1855 polytomous1856 multifoliate1857 pennati-partite1857 pennati-sected1857 ternato-pinnate1857 tripinnatisect1857 patentoternate1859 septemfoliate1859 bipinnatipartite1861 bipinnatisected1861 bipalmate1864 pinnatilobed1866 septenous1866 cut-leaved1870 lobing1870 ternatisect1870 tripinnated1876 trijugate1880 jugate1887 pinnulated1890 trisect1899 tridigitate1900 trigeminous1900 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 294 Leaves winged; leafits wing-cleft. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 120 More properly twice wing-cleft than twice pinnate. wing collar n. a high stiff shirt collar with the upper corners turned down. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > part of > collar > types of wing-poke1905 wing collar1911 tab collar1928 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 190/1 Wing-collars, brown shoes, and obtrusive socks..would destroy the prevailing scheme of colouring. 1975 Times 19 May 12/7 Saturday's guide was Charles E. Lee, a transport historian whose wing collar..enhanced the building's period atmosphere. Thesaurus » Categories » wing-compass n. a compass having one leg fitted with an arc-shaped ‘wing’ or projecting piece which passes through the other leg and may be clamped in any required position (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). wing-cover n. = wing-case n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > wing-cover(s) wing-case1661 wing-shell1681 wing-cover1816 tegmen1817 wing-sheath1855 tegumen1882 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 350 In the next order (Orthoptera), the Tegmina, or wing-covers..assist them in flying. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 500 The fore wings may be converted into wing covers for the hind wings. wing-covert n. [covert n. 5] any one of the small feathers overlying the flight-feathers of a bird's wing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > other types of wing-covert1815 under-covert1817 contour feather1867 tectrix1874 marginal1887 predigital1887 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 3 Greater wing-coverts tipped with crimson. wing-dam n. a dam or barrier built into a stream to deflect the current. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [noun] > structures to divert river current scour17.. wing-dam1809 spur1818 training wall1852 training bank1855 training post1884 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [adjective] > relating to wingdam wing-dam1809 1809 T. G. Fessenden Pills 36 All his rhetorick was directed towards election district, and wingdam bills, and seconding motions. 1863 V. Pyke in App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (3rd Sess. 3rd Parl.) D.–6. 18 Many..who held river claims worked very successfully by wing dams, consisting of bags of sand laid into the stream, so as to cut off a portion of its bed, which, being drained by pumping, was paddocked out and passed through the cradle. 1882 Rep. Prec. Metals U.S. 102 By sinking a shaft and drifting preparatory to building a wing-dam. wing-dam v. (transitive) to furnish with a wing-dam. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with a wingdam wing-dam1857 1857 J. D. Borthwick Three Years in Calif. xvii. 265 A company of fifteen or twenty white men would have wing-dammed this claim. wing-deck n. = sense 9b(b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > side decks of paddle steamer sponson1835 wing1846 wing-deck1889 1889 Cent. Mag. July 374/1 (Steamboat Decoration) More of this glass gives a desirable touch of color in the lights above the wing-decks at each end. wing-elm n. = winged elm n. at winged adj.1 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [adjective] > sleeve wing-fashion1547 pocketing1614 raglan1858 poufed1874 manche1876 pouf1906 bat-wing1961 1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 14 vij peyre of Sleves wyng ffasshion. wing-fish n. (a) = Pterichthys n.; (b) a flying-fish, esp. of the genus Prionotus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish) flying fish?c1510 rearmouse1598 sea-swallow1598 sea-kite1601 swallow-fish1601 sea-bat1611 swallow1668 sea-hawka1717 wing-fish1855 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards) flying fish?c1510 sea-swallow1598 sea-kite1601 swallow-fish1601 sea-bat1611 swallow1668 sea-hawka1717 batfish1848 wing-fish1855 flying gurnard1882 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > genus or member of Pterichthys (fossil) Pterichthys1841 wing-fish1855 pterichthyid1863 1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 80 The Pterichthys (wing-fish). 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 304 [Fishes of the genus Prionotus] are eaten..only in the vicinity of Hartford, Conn., where they are known as ‘Wing-fish’. wing-flap n. see flap n. 5e. wing flutter n. Aeronautics flutter (flutter n. 1d) of an aircraft wing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [adjective] > types of oscillation phugoid1908 wing flutter1927 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > oscillation > flutter flutter1911 wing flutter1927 1927 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 10/7 The new theory..suggests that wing-flutter may be more common than has been supposed. 1982 C. L. Ruhlin et al. Transonic Flutter Study of Wind-tunnel Model (NASA Rep. 82-23239) viii. 5/2 Most of the winglet effect on the wing flutter speed was due to the winglet mass, not aerodynamics. wing-footed adj. having winged feet, swiftly-moving; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > having wings > having winged feet wing-footed1591 wingy-heeled1596 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 666 Wing footed Mercurie. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion x. 164 Wing-footed Time. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 923 Hail the daughters of the wing-footed steed. 1977 Time 22 Aug. 13/1 Wing-footed United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young has been exploring the politically and economically troubled waters of the Caribbean, and soon will attend an anti-apartheid conference in Lagos, Nigeria. wing formula n. (see quot. 1964). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > statement of length of wing-feathers wing formula1936 1936 Brit. Birds XXX. 226 This specimen..has..a wing formula as follows. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 892/2 Wing formula: a statement of, mainly, the relative lengths of the primary feathers. wing-game n. game-birds collectively, as distinguished from ground-game (ground n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > wild or domestic birds > [noun] > game-bird > collective fowls of warren1539 feathera1616 fowl1646 wing-game1879 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life vii. 135 The neighbouring squire takes the pick of the wing-game. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > goose-winged wing-laid1632 wing-and-winga1819 goose-winged1866 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 502 The wing-layd Galley, with her factious oares. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular shape or size broad-leaved1552 long-leaved1562 narrow-leaved1578 round-leaved1597 small-leaved1597 long-leafed1629 rosemary-leaved1633 rue-leaved1633 teretifolious1657 cut-leaved1731 longleaf1733 channel-leaved1758 halberd-shaped1770 alder-leaved1772 oak-leaved1776 holly-leaved1777 ivy-leaved1789 halberd-headed1795 daisy-leaved1796 narrow-leaf1804 oblique-leaved1807 sword-leaved1807 wing-leaved1822 flaggy1842 curly1845 macrophyllous1857 parvifolious1857 shield-leaved1860 curled1861 symphyllous1877 beak-leaved188. stenophyllous1880 thread-leaved1884 megaphyllous1901 little leaf1908 ivy-leaf1909 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 119 Wing-leaved Fig Wort, or Dog's Rue. wing loading n. Aeronautics the gross weight of an aircraft divided by the total wing area; (in quot. 1912 perhaps used differently); cf. power loading n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [noun] > ratio of weight to span or area of wing wing loading1912 loading1918 span loading1929 1912 Q. Rev. July 246 A range of this amount is obtained entirely by proportioning the position of masses, the wing-curve and the wing-loading. 1916 A. W. Judge Design of Aeroplanes iii. 29 In current practice the wing loading expressed in pounds per square foot for biplanes is about 0.005V2,..where V is the maximum designed speed in feet per second. 1972 Times 19 May 17/4 It cannot be a glider, as it has far too high a wing-loading. wing-man n. the pilot of an aircraft which is positioned behind and to one side of the leading aircraft, as in formation for combat; the aircraft itself. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > in specific position in formation wing-man1946 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > group or unit on operation > [noun] > formation > aircraft in specific position wing-man1946 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > air force pilot > flying in specific position tail-end Charlie1941 pathfinder1943 wing-man1946 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > a group of aircraft > disposition in flight > aircraft in specific position tail-end Charlie1941 wing-man1946 1946 Sat. Evening Post 6 Nov. 86/2 I looked to both sides of us. Our two wing men were gone. 1981 S. Dunmore Ace i. i. 15 We will fly together... You will be my wingman..to protect my rear end. 1982 Daily Tel. 25 May 1/4 He hit two Mirages with Sidewinder missiles while his wingman hit the third in the formation. wing mirror n. (a) a side mirror (frequently adjustable) on a dressing table; (b) a rear-view mirror projecting from the side of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass looking-glass1526 Venice glass1527 tooting-glassc1560 seeing-glass1565 girdle-glassa1652 Venice looking-glass1655 considering-glass1660 peeper1673 long glass1680 table glass1688 dressing glass1697 keeking-glassa1724 toilet glass1729 long mirror1793 swing-glass1809 hand glass1832 cheval-glass1836 psyche1838 tire-glass1844 tiring-glass1844 driving mirror1907 wing mirror1925 swing mirror1930 vanity mirror1959 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > rear-view mirror driving mirror1907 rear view1911 wing mirror1925 1925–6 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 311/2 Dressing table..triple mirrors, centre one beveled..two plain wing mirrors. 1948 Motor 3 Nov. 396/3 An assortment of wing mirrors. 1959 C. Williams Man in Motion vi. 62 The dressing-table with its wing mirrors. 1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) viii. 217 Additional wing mirrors are..very useful, particularly on the off-side as traffic on the point of overtaking is then clearly visible. 1981 M. Nabb Death of Englishman iii. i. 143 He..had banged his head on a Carabiniere car wing-mirror. wing-net n. (a) a ‘wing’ in a fishing net (= 6d), or a fishing net with wings; (b) a net at the side of a tennis court. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets Peter netc1280 flue1388 wade1388 stalker1389 shove-net1418 trod-net1523 butt1533 web1533 fagnet1558 seur1558 trimnet1558 trollnet1558 pot-net1584 treat net1584 weir-net1585 hagan1630 henbilt1630 rugnet1630 basket-net1652 landing-net1653 stream-net1662 wolf1725 ram's horn1792 gill net1795 wolf-net1819 trap-net1856 forewheel1861 stow-net1871 lave net1875 kettle-bail1881 beating-net1883 keeve-net1883 net basin1883 wing-neta1884 trap-seine1891 lead-net1910 ghost net1959 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > court > parts of hazard1583 nicka1672 penthousea1672 gallery1699 grille1700 dedans1706 tambour1706 gallery-post1878 pass court1878 pass line1878 winning-gallery1878 winning opening1878 wing-neta1884 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 850/2 At from 30′ to 40′ down stream another row of stakes is set, each opposite a stake in the bar-net, and between these stakes a wing-net is stretched. 1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 96 A gentleman,..in a fit of passion at some coup manqué, flung his racket high in air, and it lodged on the ledge above the tambour, behind the wing-net. wing-over n. of an aircraft or hang-glider (see quot. 1959). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > stunt > specific loop1900 looping1914 barrel roll1917 falling leaf1917 renversement1918 vrille1918 slow roll1923 slow-rolling1923 aileron roll1924 flick roll1928 wing-over1928 lazy eight1930 bunt1932 aileron turn1942 victory roll1942 rollover1945 twinkle roll1962 rollback1978 1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 9/3 One of the passengers..got panicky when the pilot executed a ‘wing-over’. 1959 F. D. Adams Aeronaut. Dict. 183/2 Wing-over, noun, an airplane maneuver in which the airplane makes a steep zooming climb then banks and turns in the vertical plane into a dive or glide from which the recovery is made at approximately the original altitude and in a direction opposite to the original direction. 1978 A. Welch Bk. of Airsports i. 9/2 They indulge in ‘show-off’ flying—fast dives and steep wing-overs—that the simple hang glider was never designed to take. wing-passage n. a passage along the side of a ship's hold: see 9b(a); also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > passage along the side of wing-passage1869 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding vi. 101 The wing passages of wooden ships of war. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 364/1 The ‘wing-passage-bulkhead’ as a protection against under-water attacks such as ramming or torpedoes. wing-poke n. (also wing-poke collar) = wing collar n. above. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > part of > collar > types of wing-poke1905 wing collar1911 tab collar1928 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps iii. i. 351 Kipps wears a grey suit, with a wing poke collar. 1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly i. 13 His collar was chosen from stock, and with projecting corners, technically a ‘wing-poke’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > carrier pigeon carrier pigeon1644 wing-posta1661 postman pigeon1901 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 279 Such practices, by these Wing-posts, would spoil many a Foot-post. wing-rail n. = guard-rail n. 2 (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875). wing rib n. the end rib of a loin of beef. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts tild1342 ox foota1398 oxtaila1425 neat's foot?c1450 beef-flick1462 sticking piece1469 ox-tonguea1475 aitch-bone1486 fore-crop?1523 sirloin1525 mouse-piece1530 ox-cheek1592 neat's tongue1600 clod1601 sticking place1601 skink1631 neck beef1640 round1660 ox-heart1677 runner1688 sticking draught1688 brisket-beef1697 griskin1699 sey1719 chuck1723 shin1736 gravy beef1747 baron of beef1755 prime rib1759 rump and dozen1778 mouse buttock1818 slifta1825 nine holes1825 spauld-piece1828 trembling-piece1833 shoulder-lyar1844 butt1845 plate1854 plate-rand1854 undercut1859 silver-side1861 bed1864 wing rib1883 roll1884 strip-loin1884 hind1892 topside1896 rib-eye1926 buttock meat1966 onglet1982 1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife iv. 48 A seven or eight pound piece of wing rib or sirloin of beef. wing root n. Aeronautics the part of a wing where it is attached to the fuselage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > part next to fuselage wing root1906 stub wing1931 1906 A. Samuelson Flight-velocity i. 12 Near the wing root an outrigger or boom..is fastened. 1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xxvi. 195 I jumped down off the wing root..and started to think about search parties. wing-sail n. ? a sail abaft the main course. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > other sails fuk1465 tilt-sail1620 wing-sail1794 umbrella sail1900 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 135 Wingsail for Ketches. This sail is quadrilateral, and similar to the mizen-course of a ship. It..bends abaft the mainmast to hoops which encircle the mast. wing-sheath n. = wing-case n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > wing-cover(s) wing-case1661 wing-shell1681 wing-cover1816 tegmen1817 wing-sheath1855 tegumen1882 1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 261 The elytra or wing-sheaths are long. wing-shell n. †(a) the wing-sheath of an insect; (b) any of several kinds of molluscs having the shell or some part of it resembling a wing, as the genus Pinna (= sea-wing n. 2); also, a wing-snail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > wing-cover(s) wing-case1661 wing-shell1681 wing-cover1816 tegmen1817 wing-sheath1855 tegumen1882 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > class Pteropoda > member of sea-wing1681 pteropod1833 wing-shell1835 butterfly snail1876 pteropodan1890 sea butterfly1909 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vii. ii. 164 The Wing-shells almost square~knobed on each side before. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vii. ii. 164 The Long-Shell'd Goat-Chafer..is above an inch long, and the Wing-shells of them~selves an inch. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 252 The wing-shell belonging to the unimuscular section. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 260 The wing-shells, or pearl-oysters. wing-shooting n. the practice of shooting birds ‘on the wing’, i.e. when flying. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting at flying birds shooting flying1727 flight-shooting1840 wing-shot1875 wing-shooting1881 flighting1882 flight-shot1887 stopping1902 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 58 These guns..were probably intended for wing-shooting. wing-shot n. and adj. (a) n. a shot aimed at a flying bird; (b) n. a person skilled in wing-shooting; (c) adj. shot while flying, or in the wing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting at flying birds shooting flying1727 flight-shooting1840 wing-shot1875 wing-shooting1881 flighting1882 flight-shot1887 stopping1902 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [adjective] > shot on or in wing winged1789 wing-shot1875 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting at flying birds > shot while flying wing-shot1875 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooter > [noun] > shooter of flying birds flight-shooter1859 wing-shot1875 1875 Fur, Fin & Feather 118 Bogardus, champion wing-shot of America, uses Orange Lightning [powder] for trap-shooting. 1878 C. Hallock Amer. Club List & Sportsman's Gloss. p. xii Wing-shot, a., hit in the wing. Wing-shot, n., a shot at birds on the wing; one who shoots at birds while flying. 1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 493/2 Last season, I shot with the best wing-shot I ever hunted with. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 253 The contest for the American Field Champion Wing-Shot Cup. 1895 G. J. Manson Sporting Dict. Wing-shot,..hit on the wing. wing-snail n. = pteropod n. wing-stopper n. [stopper n. 9] a cable-stopper formerly used in the wings of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > lashings, seizings, or securing ropes > securing anchor at ship's side painter1336 shank-painter1495 wing-stopper1794 cat-head stopper1830 ring-stopper1834 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 176 Dog-stoppers are used as additional securities..to ease the deck-stoppers. Wing-stoppers are used for the same purpose. wing-tag v. (transitive) to attach a distinguishing marker to the wing of a bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [verb (transitive)] > mark a bird as identification ring1899 wing-tag1953 1953 P. M. Scott & J. M. M. Fisher Thousand Geese 215 Five of the young were wing-tagged. 1981 Animal Behaviour XXIX. 302/1 Three females and one male were wing-tagged. wing-tip n. (a) the tip of the wing of a bird, bat, or insect; (b) the outer end of the ‘wing’ of an aeroplane; (c) chiefly U.S., applied attributively to shoes with a toecap having a backward extending point and curving sides, suggestive of the shape of a wing; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > tip of wing wing-tip1872 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other voideda1539 high-topped1582 low-cuta1600 upright1608 seven-league1707 spurred?1707 japanned1750 hen-skin1846 pegged1846 stogy1847 wing-tip1872 foxed1880 brogued1894 welted1895 orthopaedic1897 tackless1907 dazzle1931 Jesus1942 pebble-grained1943 unconstructed1973 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific shaped toes duck-bill1834 wing-tip1872 razor toe1895 point shoe1910 winkle-picker1960 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > tip wing-tip1872 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 175 The wing-tip projects only about ½ an inch beyond the secondaries. 1890 C. Darwin Descent of Man (ed. 2) ii. xi. 322 The female of Anthocharis cardamines does not possess the beautiful orange wing-tips of the male. 1909 Daily Chron. 2 Feb. 5/6 He..hesitated a second to see that the man at the wing tip was ready. 1928 World (N.Y.) 23 May 4/6 (advt.) Wing tip oxfords by Horsheim have unusually good style. 1971 Weekend World (Johannesburg) 9 May 14/5 (advt.) Walk tall in the elegant clean lines of a Bostonian wing-tip or genuine handsewn moccasin. 1976 ‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 45 Get a pair of black wingtip shoes. 1980 M. Gordon Company of Women i. ii. 38 The hard, expensive shoes of John F. Kennedy, the shoe with pinholes in the leather, wing tips they were called. wing-tipped adj. /-tɪpt/ (of a bird) having the tips of the wings clipped so as to prevent it from flying. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > clipped clip-winged1598 wing-tipped1850 1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 236 Being wing-tipped and unable to fly, he caught it and brought it home alive. wing-transom n. the uppermost and longest of the transoms in the stern-frame of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > deck or hold beams transom1545 beam1627 wing-transom1711 stool1797 hold-beam1801 breast beam1805 skid beam1846 beak-head-beam1850 cat-beam1850 deck-beam1858 main-transom1867 spale1867 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 70 The Wing Transom to have a long arm'd Knee. 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) at Transoms The arms of the transoms, being gradually closer in proportion to their distance from the wing transom downwards. wing-wader n. an Australian wading bird having a spur or claw on each wing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified > aquatic or shore calmewec1430 dicken1579 gravell1618 gravelin1621 sea-woodcock1666 pilot bird1678 pink1694 Poor John1775 fraik1812 bay-snipe1856 wing-wader1867 bay-bird1889 1867 Pitt-Rivers Evol. Culture, Prim. Warfare i. (1906) 71 The wing-wader of Australia. wing-wale n. (see quot. 1846). ΚΠ 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 370 The term wing is also applied to the projecting part of a steam-vessel's deck before and abaft each of the paddle-boxes; this is bounded by a thick plank called the sponsing-rim or wing-wale which extends from the extremity of the paddle-beam to the ship's side. wing-walking n. acrobatic stunts performed on the wings of an aircraft which is airborne, as a public entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > performance on aircraft wing wing-walking1927 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [adjective] > performance on aircraft wing wing-walking1927 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ i. 11 Exhibitions..in which I usually made a jump and did a little wing-walking. 1979 Sunset Apr. 3/3 Also awesome is a wing-walking act in which specially trained gymnasts do headstands and other maneuvers on the wings of a W.W. II Stearman biplane as it loops, rolls, and lands. wing-wall n. a lateral wall forming a support to an abutment and to the adjacent earth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a retaining wall headwall1659 retaining wall1771 wing-wall1791 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > wall > types of mud walla1395 ground-wall1712 retaining wall1771 cob wall1790 wing-wall1791 honeycomb wall1850 toe wall1934 1791 Rep. Navigation Thames & Isis Estimate 5 Taking down the Side-Walls of Godstow Lock, re-building them, strengthening the Wing-Walls, and finishing, £450. 1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 95/1 Retaining walls were generally introduced at the ends of bridges, to connect the abutments of the bridge with the natural ground; but in these cases they were called ‘wing walls’. wing-warping n. in early powered flight, the bending or twisting of a wing by means of an attached wire as a method of stabilizing the aeroplane or turning it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > bending or twisting wing wing-warping1910 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [adjective] > bending or twisting wing wing-warping1910 1910 R. M. Neilson Aeroplane Patents 27, 6732 of March 19, 1904.—O. and W. Wright. This is the famous wing~warping patent. 1969 K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 7 Wing-warping was not, in itself, an invention of the Wrights; what was significant was their improvement of linking the warp-control cables with a single, hinged rudder. Draft additions December 2005 wing oyster n. any of various chiefly tropical and subtropical marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pteria or family Pteriidae, which have a winglike extension to each valve producing an elongated straight hinge; (also) the shell of such a mollusc. ΚΠ 1971 D. Nichols Oxf. Bk. Invertebr. 72/1 Pteria (Wing Oyster). The shell of this form has wing-like extensions of the valves which increase the length of the hinge-line. 1981 Washington Post 9 Aug. 7/1 Sticking to their sides were Atlantic wing oysters, camouflaged as cotton balls to escape the octopus. 2002 West Indian Jrnl. Marine Sci. 1 169 Other oyster species found during the survey were the wing oyster, Pteria penguin, occurring in deep channels in Shimoni and Mombasa. Draft additions June 2013 wingsuit n. a full-body garment having ‘wings’ formed by fabric between the arms and legs that inflates to give lift and enables the wearer to glide through the air when in free fall (typically landing with the aid of a parachute). ΚΠ 1997 Business Wire (Nexis) 5 Dec. Patrick de Gayardon has pioneered a new form of sky diving through his Wing-Suit invention. 2005 Denver Post 13 Sept. d12 While still in design phases, the wingsuit is the latest aspiration from the modern-day Icarus. 2011 L. Hile Surviving Extreme Sports 44 People wearing the wingsuit soar through the air like flying squirrels. Draft additions December 2021 a bird cannot fly with one wing, you cannot fly with one wing, and variants. a. Used proverbially to indicate the need for balance between two things, factors, elements, etc., esp. when one is required to ensure the effectiveness of the other.Originally in similative contexts. ΚΠ a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f.51 For euen as a hauke flieth not hie with one wing: euen so a man reacheth not to excellency with one tong. 1595 A. Fletcher Certaine Similies 39 Euen as a Bird doth not flie with one wing alone, but with twaine: So it is not enough, that we know much of the Lords worde and will, but we must do it also. a1642 W. Crompton Justice of God Asserted 63 in Soveraign Omnipotency (1682) Moses came out of the Mount with both Tables in his Hands; the Second as well as the first. They must go both together... A Bird cannot Fly with one Wing. 1864 Standard 4 Aug. 3/3 The great Lord Bacon said that a bird cannot fly with one wing, and so it is true that the country cannot depend upon any one interest; and we must here depend upon the combined efforts of commerce and agriculture. 1883 Jrnl. Sci. May 295 Whoever..would deprive us of any one method [of research] seeks to cripple, if not to arrest, our progress... We cannot fly with one wing; we want both. 1995 Chron. Higher Educ. 14 July a40/3 Although those on the research track would get more time to focus on their scholarship, they also would be expected to teach competently; no academic can fly with one wing. 2007 J. Van Auken Toward Deeper Medit. 199 The wise meditator must remember that the bird cannot fly with only one wing. We have to have the right method and the right heart. b. Chiefly U.S. and Irish English. Used (esp. humorously) to state that one alcoholic drink is not enough, typically as a justification when requesting, accepting, or offering another drink. ΚΠ 1902 Evening Gaz. (Burlington, Iowa) 13 Sept. 4/1 He remembered that a Bird cannot fly with one Wing so he gently raised the Index Finger and gave the Prescription Clerk [i.e. the bartender] a Look, which in the Sign Language means, ‘Repeat the Dose’. 1940 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 28 Dec. 10/5 Visit the Big Apple and take a good, stiff drink. Well, you can't fly with one wing. Take another. 1975 J. L. Schott No Left Turns iii. 33 He looked around for the waitress. ‘Two more of the same, sweetheart. A bird can't fly on one wing.’ 2006 D. Ellis Bockety (2007) xxxix. 201 The bottle would be produced and a tot poured for my dad, who would say..‘Ah, well, I suppose one wouldn't hurt me.’ If the bottle was offered again, he'd say, ‘Why not? Sure a bird never flew on one wing.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wingv. I. Senses derived from wing n. 1 – 5. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > prepare fowls [verb (transitive)] > carve > partridge or quail wing1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans f vij b A Quayle wyngged. c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 375 To tyre or to ele a partorich or a quayle y-whyngged: rere uppe whynge and legge, as of an henne; cowche them aboute the carcas; no sawse save salte, or mustard and sugar. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. Av Wynge that quayle. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 15 Him list not spend his idle meales In quinsing Plouers, or in winning [sic] Quailes. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 415 (bis) . a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 269. 1804 J. Farley London Art Cookery (ed. 10) 292 Partridges and quails. To wing either of these birds, nothing more is to be done than to raise the legs and wings. 2. a. intransitive (†occasionally reflexive). To use one's wings, take flight, fly; occasionally transferred to sail; figurative to ‘fly’, pass swiftly, speed; also (chiefly U.S.) with an aircraft as subject, or transferred of a passenger, to travel by aircraft. Originally poetic or rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] lakeOE flyOE runOE scour13.. jace1393 hie1398 spina1400 fleetc1400 glentc1400 stripc1400 suea1450 carryc1450 speed1488 scud1532 streek1598 winga1616 to clip it1616 hackney1617 swifta1618 whirryc1630 dust1673 whew1684 race1702 stroke1735 cut1797 spank1807 skid1815 speela1818 crack1824 skimmer1824 slap1827 clip1832 skeet1838 marvel1841 lick1850 travel1850 rush1852 zip1852 sail1876 rabbit1887 move1906 high-tail1908 to ball the jack1914 buzz1914 shift1922 giddap1938 burn1942 hoosh1943 bomb1966 shred1977 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly crowd937 runOE shootc1540 scud1582 winga1616 gale1692 ramp1856 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > fly (as) with wings fleec1000 flyOE winga1616 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (reflexive)] > fly winga1616 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > fly [verb (intransitive)] fly1848 wing1938 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly (in) an aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > in an aeroplane aeroplane1907 plane1908 flip1915 wing1983 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 134 I (an old Turtle) Will wing me to some wither'd bough. View more context for this quotation 1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox Graculi 51 It will be better going by Land..then to wing against winde and tide without a tilt-Cloath. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3 Iuvenal does tell vs, how Life wings away! 1688 J. Crowne Darius v. 62 He wings along the Air in Clouds of Dust, And does not march, but fly. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 299 I had nothing else to do but to wing to the Place where the Joy of my Life did once reside. a1815 W. Hutton Life & Hist. Family (1816) 238 The year winged away in feasting upon a pleasure to come. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 151 Many of these wild tribes..were now winging toward their nests. 1844 T. Hood Haunted House iii, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 8 In the upper gloom The bat—or something in its shape—was winging. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. xv He was dead before the telegram, winging over sea and land, announced his danger to his son. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 21 July 1/8 (heading) English plane wings swiftly over Atlantic. 1973 C. Sagan Cosmic Connection (1974) xxviii. 197 A single bit of radio information, sent winging across space to the Earth, would cost far less than a penny. 1977 Time 30 May 25/2 As Air Force One winged toward Washington, one Californian was clearly relieved that Carter's visit had been so brief. 1983 Fortune 18 Apr. 137/1 Winging into New Hampshire from Los Angeles headquarters aboard an Arco jet one Sunday, Cooper began the next three days at 7:30. 1984 Times 4 Aug. 32 The Prince of Wales flies back from Monaco, only to wing off within hours for Papua New Guinea. b. In past participle = flying, on the wing. Obsolete or archaic. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 21 Thou antique Death,..Two Talbots winged through the lither Skie, In thy despight shall scape Mortalitie. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 350 I saw Ioues Bird, the Roman Eagle, wing'd From the spungy South, to this part of the West. View more context for this quotation 1737 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem iii. (1738) 10 Far wing'd before his Squadron Tancred came. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen vi. 99 Brave thoughts winged on Grecian words gained their natural mastery over Terror. 3. transitive. a. To fly through, upon, or across; to traverse by flying. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > fly through or upon wing1608 fly1609 sail1725 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 13 The crowes and choghes that wing the midway ayre. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 936 I alone first undertook To wing the desolate Abyss. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 119 All that roam the Wood, Or wing the Sky, or roll along the Flood. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 81 Thoughts that wing infinity; apprehensions that reach through eternity. 1820 P. B. Shelley To Skylark in Prometheus Unbound 201 The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. 1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus in Sophocles Transl. into Eng. Verse 1081 Oh that I were a dove, that I might wing the wind With pinion swift and strong. b. with cognate obj. (flight, way). ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 96 New ways I must attempt, my groveling Name To raise aloft, and wing my flight to Fame. View more context for this quotation 1710 W. Congreve Semele ii. i, in Wks. II. 805 From Samos have I wing'd my Way. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 19 The parting Year prepares to wing its way. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxx. 305 The week fled faster. It had nearly winged its flight away. 1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun xvii. 320 If we were able to wing our way from this Earth into the depths of space. 4. a. To put wings upon, furnish or fit with wings for flying; to feather (an arrow); also poetic in reference to the sails of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > feather an arrow feather?c1225 wing1606 fletch1656 fledge1796 flight1869 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > furnish with sails sail1600 wing1725 1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 739 Marriage Loves Obiect is;..For her, he wings his shoulders. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 90 The Feathers that wing our Arrows. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 785 With sails we wing the masts. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 60 Nimbly they wing'd the bark. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling xiii. 399 The nicest operation of all,..that of winging the fly. b. figurative (or in figurative context): To ‘give wings to’; to enable to ‘fly’ or ‘soar’; to give speed or swift motion to; to speed, hasten. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)] featherc888 speeda1387 whirry1582 winga1596 rattle?1611 race1734 to send along1867 zip1891 roller-coast1962 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > furnish for flying winga1596 impenc1614 imp1633 a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Cjv Cast as was Eua from that glorious soile (Where al delights sat bating wingd with thoughts, Ready to nestle in her naked breasts). 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iii. i. sig. F1v Gis. Tyrant, twill haste thy owne death. Rol. Let it wing it. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1656) (1 Cor. vii. 5) 673 Fasting-days are soul-fatting days: prayer is edged and winged thereby. 1657 Lusts Dominion i. iii. sig. B8 Ambition wings his spirit, keep him down. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 175 The Thunder, Wing'd with red Lightning and impetuous rage. View more context for this quotation c1790 W. Cowper Catharina (N.Y., Morgan Libr.) 2 With her book, and her voice, and her lyre, To wing all her moments at home. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xx. 102 Lively hope, that wing'd The prayers [of St. Gregory] sent up to God for his release. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 44 The hours glided on,..whether winged with joy or laden with affliction. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. vi. v. 349 The convent was at some distance, but..fear would wing her steps. 1849 M. Arnold Sonn. to G. Cruikshank Artist, whose hand, with horror wing'd, hath torn From the rank life of towns this leaf. 5. To convey by or as by means of wings; ‘to transport by flight’ (Johnson); to carry through the air as if flying, to waft (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > convey in flight wing1628 wafta1718 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xlvii. sig. Q6 It is these two only [sc. water and earth], that seeme to make the body, while the two purer, Fire and Ayre, are wing'd away. 1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd iii. 37 First, let's embrace, Heav'n knows who next shall thus Wing ye together. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 67 When future gales shall wing them o'er the tide. 1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life 174 Sad was the day when my Willy did leave me, Sad were the moments that wing'd him away. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xiii. 234 There was enough breeze..to wing the shadow of a cloud across the soft grey downs. 1976 C. Egleton State Visit xiv. 123 The VC 10 winged him back to Heathrow. 6. To send flying, let fly (as a missile); to send off swiftly, to dart. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space to let flyOE shootc1290 bolta1420 dischargec1500 speeda1569 outshoota1586 emit1711 wing1718 wise1721 arrow1796 wing1970 bomb- 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 832 With his full Strength he bent his angry Bow, And wing'd the feather'd Vengeance at the Foe. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus iii Whether any of his train could draw a good bow, and wing a shaft well home. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 165 The desire to wing a telegram to her he thought it wise to repress. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 204 And therewith I bespake him and winged a word for his ears [ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδων]. 7. To brush with a bird's wing: cf. wing n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > clean by brushing or sweeping [verb (transitive)] > brush with bird's wing wing1669 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xxxiv. 49 With Blew Smalts strew very thick the Border while it is wet; and when it is dry, wing that which is loose off. 1866 J. G. Whittier Snow-bound 156 We sat the clean-winged hearth about. 8. To shoot (a bird) in the wing, so as to disable it from flying without killing it; transferred to wound (a person) with a shot in the arm or shoulder, or some other not vital part; to injure or disable (something) by a shot. Also, to pluck off the wings of (an insect). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot without killing wing1802 tailor1889 feather1890 prick1900 the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > cause disorder of bird [verb (transitive)] > shoot in wing wing1802 the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of insects > cause disorder of insect [verb (transitive)] > pluck off wings wing1802 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile shootc893 shoot1297 feather1415 to shoot (a person, thing) through1535 daga1572 pistol1598 lace1622 to shoot‥through and througha1648 pink1661 pop1762 plump1785 wing1802 drill1808 rifle1821 leg1829 hole1847 shot1855 blunderbuss1870 riddle1874 pip1900 slot1987 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] > wound in arm or shoulder wing1802 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > render (enemy plane) unserviceable wing1914 spike-bozzle1915 1802 G. Colman Poor Gentleman (new ed.) v. iii. 77 We are on the ground first... What are the odds now, that he doesn't wing me? 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 365 Snatched at, like flies by children, to be winged and let go. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times I. 82 Though I regularly fired,..I never even winged a tomtit. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 23 Be steady, and wing him. 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag v Tompion was..bid do his best to ‘wing’ the Frenchman [sc. a ship]. 1914 Times 28 Oct. 9/6 One aeroplane was winged by the Russian soldiery. II. Senses derived from wing n. 6 – 9. 9. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with wings wing1591 sleeve1598 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 202 This squadron is..flanked with Musket..and winged with horsemen. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 30 In the matne battle, whose puissance on either side, shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. i. 82 They [sc. cavalry armed with petronels] wing the Launces or Pistolleirs. 1677 W. Hubbard Pres. State New-Eng. 125 We asked him what they intended who promised to wing us. 1699 True Relation Sir T. Morgan's Progress France 6 We were forced to march up in four Lines (for we had not room enough to Wing). 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 102 Having winged his Foot with his Horse and Dragoons. b. To furnish with side parts or projections, as a building, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > side [verb (transitive)] > furnish with sides > furnish with parts at the sides winga1684 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 141 Two Courts,..Wingd with Cloisters. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 56 A new pair of flood-gates, winged with stone-walls. 1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 349/1 If the pillars are to be winged afterwards, they must be left of an extra strength. 1882 C. A. Young Sun vi. 198 The hydrogen is in such a state that the lines of its spectrum are widened and ‘winged’. 10. Nautical. a. To carry up (ballast) in the wings of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > supply with ballast > position ballast wing1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 286 The iron ballast..is winged up 3 or more pigs above the floor-heads. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 735 To Wing up ballast, to carry the dead weight from the bottom as high as consistent with the stability of a ship. b. intransitive. to wing out: to set a sail on a boom projecting sideways. Hence winged out or wung out, = wing-and-wing adj. at wing n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1867 G. E. Clark Seven Years of Sailor's Life i. 14 Here was I, deep-loaded, winged out, and oft-times flying before the winter blast. 1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wung out. 1907 Rudder Nov. 827/2 On rounding, the schooners winged out; but..the wind came out of East of South, and they jibed their foresails and trimmed sheets a little. 1956 A. F. Loomis ‘Hotspur’ Story 109 Thither we sailed, main~sail to starboard and staysail wung out. 1956 A. F. Loomis ‘Hotspur’ Story 214 The wung-out schooner which we had noticed earlier in the afternoon lost the race. 1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland x. 71 Tearing down the outside passages with sails ‘wung out’ before a roaring nor'-wester. 11. Theatrical slang. transitive. To study (a part) in or about the wings, having undertaken it at short notice; also intransitive. Hence in to wing it; now usually in slang use (originally and chiefly U.S.), to improvise; to speak or act without preparation, to make statements on unstudied matters (see also quot. 1950). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > learn (a part) study?1552 wing1885 swallow1890 the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (intransitive)] > act or do without planning improvise1788 to go off1812 improvisatize1830 autoschediaze1852 wing1959 ad hoc1960 audible1970 1885 Stage 21 Aug. 12/2 ‘To wing’..indicates the capacity to play a rôle without knowing the text, and the word itself came into use from the fact that the artiste frequently received the assistance of a special prompter, who..stood..screened..by a piece of the scenery or a wing. 1886 Stage Gossip 70 In the event of an artiste being suddenly called upon to play a part of which he knows nothing..he frequently has to ‘wing’ the part. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage iii. 39 He must give a performance by ‘winging it’—that is, by refreshing his memory for each scene in the wings before he goes on to play it. 1950 Amer. Speech 25 238/1 Wing it, vb., to lay off an approximate 90° angle by eye. 1959 Esquire Nov. 70 Wing, to do something without preparation. 1970 Time 26 Jan. 12 Cox: The resistance put up against us dictates [our] strategy. Bernstein:..You mean you've got to wing it. 1971 Publishers' Weekly 6 Dec. 20/2 They can talk about the book, kind of winging it based on the ads, just like other people do with reviews. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Jan. 8/2 Mr. Trudeau came without notes, choosing to wing it, and struggled..unsuccessfully to establish Mr. Leger's resemblance to an owl. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > go in a certain direction incline?a1475 alien?1541 propend1545 sway1556 wing1617 lie1633 look1647 vergea1661 bias1683 preponderate1693 give1840 canalize1927 1617 R. Fenton Treat. Church Rome 52 This made the people wing on that side. Draft additions 1993 b. To cause (an object) to sail through the air; to throw, fling; to lob. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space to let flyOE shootc1290 bolta1420 dischargec1500 speeda1569 outshoota1586 emit1711 wing1718 wise1721 arrow1796 wing1970 bomb- 1970 R. Coover Universal Baseball Assoc. ii. 34 Dad delivering the pitch, winging it in there, time after time. 1987 K.O. Sept. 34/3 Not until he was wobbly and desperate in the fifth round, did MacDonald start winging his right with abandon. 1991 Sports Illustr. 18 Mar. 98/1 One kid said he thought it meant that the better attitude a player had, the better he would be as a player. I winged the eraser at him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1175v.1486 |
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