Definition of wing

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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..

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Barkbound :: Barkbound (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close..
Acorn :: Acorn (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree..
Semination :: Semination (n.) The act of sowing or spreading.
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag..
Afar :: Afar (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off..
Thermotropism :: Thermotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants..
Windle :: Windle (n.) The redwing.
Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..
Forestry :: Forestry (n.) The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc..
Lace-winged :: Lace-winged (a.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies..
Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..
Bird :: Bird (n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves..
"""goosewinged " :: Goosewinged (a.) Having a goosewing..
Towage :: Towage (v.) The act of towing.
Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Scaturient :: Scaturient (a.) Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.
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