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(1) - Wing (n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. (2) - Wing (n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. (3) - Wing (n.) 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. (4) - Wing (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. (5) - Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. (6) - Wing (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. (7) - Wing (n.) 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. (8) - Wing (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. (9) - Wing (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. (10) - Wing (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. (11) - Wing (n.) 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. (12) - Wing (n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. (13) - Wing (v. t.) To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird. (14) - Wing (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. (15) - Wing (n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. (16) - Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. (17) - Wing (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. (18) - Wing (n.) 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. (19) - Wing (n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater. (20) - Wing (v. t.) To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. (21) - Wing (v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces. (22) - Wing (v. t.) To transport by flight; to cause to fly. (23) - Wing (v. t.) To move through in flight; to fly through. (24) - Wing (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |