Definition of flight

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Flight (n.) Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly..

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Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing..
Pair :: Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. A pair of beads. Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. Four pair of stairs. Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.].
Stringy :: Stringpiece (n.) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs..
Struthionine :: Struthiones (n. pl.) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae..
Stampede :: Stampede (v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic..
Urania :: Urania (n.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies..
Harum-scarum :: Harum-scarum (v. t.) Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.
Flight :: Flight (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
Ejaculation :: Ejaculation (n.) The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
Rally :: Rally (v. i.) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite..
Stairhead :: Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc..
Full-winged :: Full-winged (a.) Beady for flight; eager.
Heron :: Heron (n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..
Rout :: Rout (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
Sally :: Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind..
Fledge :: Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.
Scamper :: Scamper (n.) A scampering; a hasty flight.
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