Assisted (imp. & p. p.) of Assist |
Bat's-wing (a.) Alt. of Batwing |
Congreve rocket () See under Rocket. |
Fixed (imp. & p. p.) of Fix |
Fixed (a.) Securely placed or fastened |
Fixed (a.) Stable |
Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day |
Hour (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece |
Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time |
Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers. |
Hour (n.) A measure of distance traveled. |
Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time |
Prior (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. |
Rocket (n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. |
Rocket (n.) Damewort. |
Rocket (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below. |
Rocket (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display. |
Rocket (n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust. |
Rocket (v. i.) To rise straight up |
Sea rocket () See under Rocket. |
Sea wing () A wing shell (Avicula). |
Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. |
Water rocket () A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers. |
Water rocket () A kind of firework to be discharged in the water. |
Water wing () One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. |
Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. |
Wing (n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. |
Wing (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
Wing (n.) Passage by flying |
Wing (n.) Motive or instrument of flight |
Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. |
Wing (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder |
Wing (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
Wing (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
Wing (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
Wing (n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
Wing (n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached |
Wing (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice |
Wing (n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |
Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant |
Wing (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. |
Wing (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle. |
Wing (n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater. |
Wing (v. t.) To furnish with wings |
Wing (v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces. |
Wing (v. t.) To transport by flight |
Wing (v. t.) To move through in flight |
Wing (v. t.) To cut off the wings of |
Wing-footed (a.) Having wings attached to the feet |