Wings
[wiŋz]
Definition
(noun.) a means of flight or ascent; 'necessity lends wings to inspiration'.
(noun.) stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you have wings, foretells that you will experience grave fears for the safety of some one gone on a long journey away from you. To see the wings of fowls or birds, denotes that you will finally overcome adversity and rise to wealthy degrees and honor.
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Examples
- The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- During my journey I might dream, and with buoyant wings reach the summit of life's high edifice. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yet Selden's manner at the Brys' had brought the flutter of wings so close that they seemed to be beating in her own heart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The wings have two black bars. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They pluck his feathers now and then and clip his wings, but he sings, he sings! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Our lines covered his front, with the six miles separating the two wings guarded by but a single division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Snagsby, presuming on the success of his last point, ventures to observe in a cheerful and rather knowing tone, No wings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We had scarcely reached the edge of the timber when I heard the flutter of wings overhead, and in an instant I saw two or three turkeys flying away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This latter fact is well exemplified in the state of the wings of female moths belonging to the same family. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Wrights doubted whether this was the best form for shifting weather, and built theirs more on the pattern of the gull’s wings, curving slightly at the tips. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The structure of their wings was altogether different from that of birds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She rose free on the wings of her new condition. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her heart beat fast, she flew away on wings of elation, imagining a future. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Pilcher, an Englishman, continued his experiments, trying the same method of balancing, but in September, 1899, his wings broke, and he met the same fate as his teacher. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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