Word Meanings - WINGED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. (more info) 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings;

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Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. (more info) 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. J. S. Harford. 3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." Shak. 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.

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• FRUIT
  The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. (more info) enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin 1. Whatever
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• FRUITAGE
  1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• ALATE; ALATED
  Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
• FRUITIVE
  Eujoying; possessing. Boyle.
• TRANSPORTING
  That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• SOARING
  from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.
• TRANSPORTAL
  Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.
• TRANSPORTABILITY
  The quality or state of being transportable.
• FLY-FISH
  To angle, using flies for bait. Walton.
• FLYFISH
  A California scorpænoid fish , having brilliant colors.
• FLY-CASE
  The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles.
• ALATE
  Lately; of late. There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.
• TRANSPORTED
  Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. -- Trans*port"ed*ly, adv. -- Trans*port"ed*ness, n.
• FLYING SQUIRREL
  One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps. Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails,
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• FRUITION
  Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition." Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.
• WHITE FLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• AMYGDALATE
  Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
• FIREFLY
  Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ. Note: The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridæ.
• VINEGAR FLY
  Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.
• GADFLY
  Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies. Note: The sheep gadfly deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep, and the larvæ develop in the frontal sinuses. The common species which infests cattle deposits its
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• MISTRANSPORT
  To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• UNFRUITFUL
  Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
• SAWFLY
  Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidæ. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay
• GORFLY
  A dung fly.