wing transom (wingtran"sum)

Naut., the uppermost or longest transom in a ship. Also called main transom. See cut under transom. wing-wale (wing'wal), n. See wing, n., 9 (d). wing-wall (wing'wâl), n. One of the lateral walls of an abutment, forming a support and protection to it. E. H. Knight. wingy (wing'i), a. [ IMG:content-2442.jpg:[graphic] The cranes, In feather'd legions, cut th' æthe rial plains;... But, if some rushing storm the journey cro , The wingy leaders all are at a lo . Rowe, tr. of Lucan, v. 1029. 2. Soaring as on wings; aspiring; lofty. As for those wingy mysteries in divinity, and airy subtleties in religion, which have unhinged the brains of better heads, they never stretched the pia mater of mine. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. § 9. Youth's gallant trophies, bright In Fancy's rainbow ray, invite His wingy nerves to climb. 3. Rapid; swift. Beattie , Ode to Hope, ii. 1. With wingy speed outstrip the eastern wind. Add is on , tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., ii.