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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
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              Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.
                                                    --Pope.
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              Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
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              The main battle, whose puissance on either side
              Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
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              I, an old turtle,
              Will wing me to some withered bough.  --Shak.
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     4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
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              There's not an arrow wings the sky
              But fancy turns its point to him.     --Moore.
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     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.
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     To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.
                                                    --Longfellow.
  
     2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
  
              The main battle, whose puissance on either side
              Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
  
              I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered
              bough.                                --Shak.
  
     4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
  
              There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns
              its point to him.                     --Moore.
  
     5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable
        a wing of; as, to wing a bird.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  winging
     n.
     (syn of en wing foiling)
     vb.
     (present participle of en wing nocat=1)
     vb.
     (present participle of en winge nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  winging
     n.
     (syn of en wing foiling)
     vb.
     (present participle of en wing nocat=1)
     vb.
     (present participle of en winge nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  winging
     n.
     (syn of en wing foiling)
     vb.
     (present participle of en wing nocat=1)
     vb.
     (present participle of en winge nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  winging
     n.
     (syn of en wing foiling)
     vb.
     (present participle of en wing nocat=1)
     vb.
     (present participle of en winge nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  winging
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en wing ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb wing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Winging /wˈɪŋɪŋ/
  الطيران

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  winging /wˈɪŋɪŋ/ 
  létání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  winging /wˈɪŋɪŋ/
  fliegend
   see: wing, winged
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈwɪŋɪŋ/


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