'To wing a flight' definitions:
Definition of 'To wing a flight'
From: GCIDE
- Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winged; p. pr. & vb. n. Winging.]
- 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. [1913 Webster]
- Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces. [1913 Webster]
- The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly. [1913 Webster]
- I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To move through in flight; to fly through. [1913 Webster]
- There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly. [1913 Webster]