WING (2)
Source: 566, 567
wing (2). Wing, v. to furnish with wings, fly, wound, hurt
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Wing (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Winging.] 1. 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. Pope. Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. Longfellow. 2. 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. Shak. 3. 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. Shak. 4. 4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. Moore. 5. 5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.