winged

Definitions

1. 1.Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.] How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. J. S. Harford.
2. 2.Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." Shak.
3. 3.Wounded or hurt in the wing.
4. 4.(Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.
5. 5.(Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.
6. 6.Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.] How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. J. S. Harford called?
• What is swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." Shak called?
• What is furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate called?
• What is represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body called?
• What is fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." Milton called?