260 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION
bedy, of a f lymg-machine ; one of the supporting aerofoils or planes of a biplane or multiplane flyer.
continuous wing, a wing or supportingsplane which is continuous or which presents a single uninterrupted surface to the air; a sustaining^surface which consists of but one aerofoil and is net of two or more separate wings : con- tjast separated wings.
flapping wing, a wing which flaps, moves up and down, sways, or beats; a reciprocating wing.
oscillating wing, a wing which oscillates, swings, vibrates, or moves to and fro, or up and down.
reciprocating wing, a wing which reciprocates, waves, flaps, moves to and fro, or has an alternating movement; a flapping wing.
rocking wing, a wing which recks or is capable of an oscillatory movement, as in some monoplane flying-ma- chines, for purposes of lateral balancing.
rotating wing, a wing which rotates, revelvs, moves round a center or axis, or has a circular motion like that of a screw-propeller blade.
separated wings, wings or supporting^planes which, tho disposed in approximately the same geometric plane, are separated by a cartain space, as in a tandem monoplane; sustaining^surfaces consisting of distinct or discontinuous aerofoils placed one after the other with some space be- tween, contrast continuous wing.
spread of wing, the surface-mesurement or area of the wings of a flyer; wing^area; wing^spred (sense 2}.
vibrating wing, a wing that swings, oscillates, or moves to and fro; an oscillating wing.
waving wing, a wing that waves, undulates, fluctuates, or sways up and down or to and fro. wing wirj v. [past participle and preterit winged, wingd]
1. tr. equip or provide with wings for flying; furnish with f ethers or vanes, as an arrow; qualify for flight: as, for her he *wmgs his shoulders.
2. tr. bear in flight ; transport en or as en wings : as, he will *wing me some witherd bough.
3. tr. perform or accomplish by means of wings: as, to heven she *wingd her flight; to *wmg one's way.
4. tr. traverse in flight: as, to *wmg the midway air.
5. tr. wound or disable in the wing; shoot or disable while traveling en the wing, er in flight : as, the offense of *winging a balloon or an aeroplane at a thousand yards.
6. intr. fly, soar, travel en the wing : as, he has never
- wmgd from view of the nest,
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