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Definition of WINGS

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On the wing. (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another. On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity. Under the wing, or wings, of, under the care or protection of. Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged. Wing case (Zo["o]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also wing cover. Wing covert (Zo["o]l.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2. Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon. Wing shell (Zo["o]l.), wing case of an insect. Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing. Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; -- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.

Meaning of WINGS from wikipedia

- type of fin that produces both lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform...
- GNUstep is a free software implementation of the Cocoa (formerly OpenStep) Objective-C frameworks, widget toolkit, and application development tools for...
- Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser (December 12, 1947 – March 15, 2025) was an American actor, screenwriter, film director and musician. A prolific character...
- free dictionary. Wings are appendages used to create lift. Wings may also refer to: Wings Hauser (born 1947), American actor Mary Wings (born 1949), American...
- Butterfly wings or similar phrasings may refer to: Lepidoptera wings, literal sense butterfly effect, a proverbial illustration of the chaos-theory idea...
- animal. They are often called simply chicken wings, hot wings, or just wings. Buffalo wings have gained in po****rity in the United States and abroad...
- Paul McCartney and Wings, often billed simply as Wings, was a British-American rock band formed in 1971 in London by former Beatle Paul McCartney; his...
- The Indianapolis Capitols/Cincinnati Wings were a professional ice hockey team that operated for one season in the Central Professional Hockey League...
- Super Wings (Korean: 출동! 슈퍼윙스, romanized: Chuldong! Syupeo Wingseu lit. Go! Super Wings, Chinese: 超级飞侠; pinyin: Chāojí fēi xiá) is an animated television...
- Buffalo Wild Wings (originally Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, and nicknamed BW3, or BDubs or BWW) is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise...