Definition of flight

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Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..

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Roller :: Roller (n.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or tumbling in flight..
Garish :: Garish (a.) Gay to extravagance; flighty.
Ejaculation :: Ejaculation (n.) The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
Hautein :: Hautein (a.) High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds.
Flighted :: Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
Moho :: Moho (n.) A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis..
Airy :: Airy (a.) Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight..
Giddy-paced :: Giddy-paced (a.) Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle.
Revolt :: Revolt (v. t.) To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
Flighter :: Flighter (n.) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor..
Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.
Gyropigeon :: Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches..
Augur :: Augur (n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences..
Stairhead :: Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc..
Winder :: Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight..
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..
Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door..
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