Wing, wing, s

the limb of a bird by which it flies, and under which it protects its young; care and protection; the limb of an insect by which itflies;flight; pa age by the wing means of flying acceleration; motive or incitement; of flight; the flank; or extreme part of an army: any side-piece; a leaf-like appendage; the two lateral petals of a papilionaceous side-shoot flower,which [Hort.]; stand a opposite side-building, to each le other than [Bot. ]; the a main edifice [Arch.]; the longer sides of horn-works, crown-works, . [Fort.]; the ships on the extremities, when ranged in a line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle [Navy]: pl. those parts of the hold and orlop deck which are nearest the sides (Naut.]: v.a. to furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity; to supply with side bodies: to transport by flight: v.n. to fly. To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying. On the wing, flying. On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity. Wing and wing, wing, said of a fore and aft ve el, with the foresail handled to one side and the mainsail to the other [Naut.) (Scand.)