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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Flightiness :: Flightiness (n.) The state or quality of being flighty.
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder..
Inglorious :: Inglorious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc..
Career :: Career (n.) The flight of a hawk.
Notornis :: Notornis (n.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct..
Wing :: 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..
Garish :: Garish (a.) Gay to extravagance; flighty.
Quaker :: Quaker (n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
Eagle :: Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the
Rout :: Rout (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete..
Dog-legged :: dog-legged (a.) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole..
Volitation :: Volitation (n.) The act of flying; flight.
Volery :: Volery (n.) A flight of birds.
Ejaculation :: Ejaculation (n.) The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
Stoped :: Stope (v. i.) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps..
Hautein :: Hautein (a.) High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds.
Dermopteran :: Dermopteran (n.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight..
Ornithomancy :: Ornithomancy (n.) Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc..
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