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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
[1913 Webster]
Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zo["o]l.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Flying fish, in the
Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zo["o]l.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
Flying frog (Zo["o]l.), either of two East Indian tree
frogs of the genus Rhacophorus ({Rhacophorus
nigrapalmatus and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very
large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes,
and enable it to make very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zo["o]l.), a species of gurnard of the
genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zo["o]l.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- Flying
mouse (Zo["o]l.), the opossum mouse ({Acrobates
pygm[ae]us), a marsupial of Australia. Called also
feathertail glider.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zo["o]l.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel ({Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel), are the best known; -- called also squirrel
petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zo["o]l.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zo["o]l.), an
oceanic squid ({Ommastrephes Bartramii syn.
Sthenoteuthis Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf Stream,
which is able to leap out of the water with such force
that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying
squirrel (Zo["o]l.) See Flying squirrel, in the
Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a start in a sailing race
in which the signal is given while the vessels are under
way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long
staff and used for signaling at night.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zo["o]l.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Flying fish, in the
Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zo["o]l.), the colugo.
Flying frog (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian tree frog of the
genus Rhacophorus, having very large and broadly webbed
feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make
very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zo["o]l.), a species of gurnard of the
genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zo["o]l.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zo["o]l.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, an apparatus for navigating the air; a form
of balloon. -- Flying mouse (Zo["o]l.), the opossum
mouse ({Acrobates pygm[ae]us), of Australia.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels. -- Flying party (Mil.), a body of soldiers
detailed to hover about an enemy. -- Flying phalanger
(Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small marsuupials of
the genera Petaurus and Belideus, of Australia and New
Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying
squirrels. The sugar squirrel ({B. sciureus), and the
ariel ({B. ariel), are the best known; -- called also
squirrel petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar
squirrel. -- Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. --
Flying sap (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when
the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of
simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in
juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- Flying shot, a
shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. --
Flying spider. (Zo["o]l.) See Ballooning spider. --
Flying squid (Zo["o]l.), an oceanic squid ({Ommastrephes,
or Sthenoteuthis, Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf
Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such
force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. --
Flying squirrel (Zo["o]l.) See Flying squirrel, in the
Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a start in a sailing race
in which the signal is given while the vessels are under
way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long
staff and used for signaling at night.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
flying phalanger
n : nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using
parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
[syn: flying opossum, flying squirrel]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flying phalanger
n.
petaurist
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
flying phalanger
n.
petaurist
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
flying phalanger
n.
petaurist
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
flying phalanger
n.
petaurist
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