Wing

6 definitions found

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

  Wing \Wing\, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin;
     cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. v[ae]ngr.]
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     1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or
        bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually
        modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of


        birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only
        as an assistance in running or swimming.
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              As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over
              her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
              beareth them on her wings.            --Deut. xxxii.
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     Note: In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in
           series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar
           side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts,
           those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie
           over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of
           the short outer digit. See Illust. of {Bird}, and
           {Plumage}.
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     2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of
        flying. Specifically: (Zool.)
        (a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of
            most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs
            formed of a double membrane and strengthened by
            chitinous veins or nervures.
        (b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
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     3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
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              Light thickens; and the crow
              Makes wing to the rooky wood.         --Shak.
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     4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of
        rapid motion.
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              Fiery expedition be my wing.          --Shak.
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     5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which
        is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a
        fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a
        windmill, etc.
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     6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or
        shoulder knot.
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     7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in
        shape or appearance. Specifically:
        (a) (Zool.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the
            foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
        (b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the
            sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind
            called samara.
        (c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a
            papilionaceous flower.
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     8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
        Hence:
        (a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice;
            as, one of the wings of a palace.
        (b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc.,
            connecting them with the main work.
        (c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch
            growing up by the side of another. [Obs.]
        (d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army,
            regiment, etc.
        (e) (Naut.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel
            which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the
            extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or
            when forming the two sides of a triangle. --Totten.
        (f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
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     9. (Aeronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a
        flying machine in flight, especially the flat or slightly
        curved planes on a heavier-than-air aircraft which provide
        most of the lift. In fixed-wing aircraft there are usually
        two main wings fixed on opposite sides of the fuselage.
        Smaller wings are typically placed near the tail primarily
        for stabilization, but may be absent in certain kinds of
        aircraft. Helicopters usually have no fixed wings, the
        lift being supplied by the rotating blade.
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     10. One of two factions within an organization, as a
         political party, which are opposed to each other; as,
         right wing or left wing.
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     11. An administrative division of the air force or of a naval
         air group, consisting of a certain number of airplanes
         and the personnel associated with them.
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     {On the wing}.
         (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
  
     {On the wings of the wind}, with the utmost velocity.
  
     {Under the wing of}, or {Under the wings of}, under the care
        or protection of.
  
     {Wing and wing} (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
        side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
        before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
        mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
        which has her studding sails set. Cf. {Goosewinged}.
  
     {Wing case} (Zool.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
        and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
        protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
        cover}.
  
     {Wing covert} (Zool.), one of the small feathers covering the
        bases of the wing quills. See {Covert}, n., 2.
  
     {Wing gudgeon} (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
        wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
        from turning in the wood. See Illust. of {Gudgeon}.
  
     {Wing shell} (Zool.), wing case of an insect.
  
     {Wing stroke}, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
  
     {Wing transom} (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
        -- called also {main transom}. --J. Knowles.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Winging}.]
     1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with
        celerity.
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              Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.
                                                    --Pope.
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              Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
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              The main battle, whose puissance on either side
              Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
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              I, an old turtle,
              Will wing me to some withered bough.  --Shak.
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     4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
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              There's not an arrow wings the sky
              But fancy turns its point to him.     --Moore.
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     5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to
        disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to
        wound the arm of a person.
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     {To wing a flight}, to exert the power of flying; to fly.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wing
       n 1: a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
       2: one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the
          fuselage of an airplane
       3: a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: {offstage},
          {backstage}]
       4: a unit of military aircraft
       5: the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the
          enemy's right flank" [syn: {flank}]
       6: a hockey player stationed in a forward positin on either
          side
       7: the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the
          wings"
       8: a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block
          splashing water or mud; "in England they call a fender a
          wing" [syn: {fender}]
       9: an addition that extends a main building [syn: {annex}, {annexe},
           {extension}]
       v : travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn:
           {fly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  278 Moby Thesaurus words for "wing":
     KP, L, act drop, addition, administration, aeroplane, affiliate,
     age group, air arm, air corps, air force, air service, airlift,
     airplane, annex, appendage, arm, army, army group, asbestos,
     asbestos board, auspices, backdrop, balloon, band, battalion,
     batten, battery, battle group, be airborne, bear, bevy, block,
     body, border, bough, branch, branch office, breakaway group,
     breast, brigade, bugger, bulge, bunch, cabal, cadre, camp, care,
     carry, cast, castrate, caucus, chapter, charge, chicken foot,
     clique, cloth, cohort, column, combat command, combat team,
     company, complement, conduct, contingent, convey, corps, coterie,
     coulisse, counterweight, covey, crew, cripple, crowd, cruise, cure,
     curtain, curtain board, custodianship, custody, cyclorama,
     dark meat, de-energize, debilitate, decor, detachment, detail,
     disable, disenable, division, drain, drift, drop, drop curtain,
     drumstick, ell, emasculate, enfeeble, escadrille, ethnic group,
     expansion, extension, faction, ferry, field army, field train,
     file, fire curtain, flat, fleet, flight, flipper, flit, fly,
     flying column, freight, gang, garrison, giblets, glide, governance,
     government, group, grouping, groupment, guardianship, guidance,
     hamstring, hand, hands, hanging, hobble, hop, hors de combat,
     hover, hydroplane, imp, in-group, inactivate, incapacitate,
     interest, interest group, jet, joint, junta, jurisdiction, keeping,
     kibosh, kitchen police, lame, leg, legion, lift, limb, link, lobe,
     lobule, local, lodge, lug, maim, management, manhandle, maniple,
     member, ministry, minority group, mob, movement, navigate, neck,
     offshoot, organ, organization, out-group, outfit, oversight,
     oyster, pack, party, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage,
     peer group, phalanx, pinion, platoon, political party, posse, post,
     pressure group, projection, prolongation, protectorship,
     protrusion, protuberance, put, queer, queer the works, rag,
     ramification, rank, regiment, runner, sabotage, safe hands, sail,
     sailplane, salon, scene, scenery, scion, screen, seaplane, sect,
     section, set, side, side scene, silent majority, soar, spike,
     splinter, splinter group, spray, sprig, spur, squad, squadron,
     stable, stage screw, stewardship, strategic air force, string,
     sweep, switch, tab, tableau, tactical air force, tactical unit,
     tail, take, take the air, take wing, task force, team, teaser,
     tendril, thigh, tormentor, tote, train, transformation,
     transformation scene, transport, tribe, troop, troupe, turkey foot,
     tutelage, twig, unfit, unit, vocal minority, volplane, waft, ward,
     wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, weaken, whisk, white meat,
     wingcut, wishbone, woodcut, wreck
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Wing, AL
    Zip code(s): 36483
  Wing, ND (city, FIPS 86780)
    Location: 47.14258 N, 100.28220 W
    Population (1990): 208 (97 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 58494

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Wing, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
     Population (2000):    124
     Housing Units (2000): 89
     Land area (2000):     0.589750 sq. miles (1.527446 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.589750 sq. miles (1.527446 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            86780
     Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
     Location:             47.140938 N, 100.280626 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     58494
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Wing, ND
      Wing