Awing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awing \A*wing"\, adv. [Pref. a- + wing.]
     On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Awing}.]
     To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
     control by inspiring dread.
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           That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
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           His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
           bystanders.                              --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awing
       adj : inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an
             amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring
             sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this
             sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some
             hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's
             awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: {amazing},
              {awe-inspiring}, {awesome}, {awful}]