wing-case 
many insects, especially of Coleoptera; the ely- 
trum. In hemipterous insects the wing-cases are tecli- 
nically called hemielytra. Wing-cases are always the modi- 
fied fore wings ; when these wings are but little modified, 
as In orthopterous insects, they are called tegmina. See 
cuts under beetle, chrymlu, clavus, Coleoptera, and katydid. 
Also vnng-eover. 
wing-cell (wing'sel), «. In eiitom., any one of 
6941 
— Winged petiole, a petiole with a thin wing-like ex- 
pansion. See cuts under asci'dium and Quagria.—Wmgei 
pigweed, screw, etc. see the nouns. 
wingedly (wing'ed-li), adr. In a winged man- 
ner; on, with, or by wings. 
Nor with aught else can our souls interknlt 
So wingedly. Keats, Endymion, i. 
the spaces between the nerves or veins of the ^iJlger (wing'er), n. [< wing + -rri.] 1. One 
See cuts under nerntrc, venation, and who or that which wings, in any sense.— 2. A 
wing, 
wing — Dldjrmous, petlolate, radiated wing-cells. 
See the adjectives. 
wing-compass (wing'kum'pas), H. A compass 
with an are-shaped piece which passes through 
the opposite leg, and is clamped by a set-screw. 
wing-conch (wing'kongk), n. A wing-shell. 
wing-cover (wing'kuv'er), H. In cntom., same 
as «)in.(/-cn«e.-MutUated wing-covers. See mvii- 
laUd. 
wing-covert (wing'kuv'ert), n. In nrnith., any 
one of the small feathers which overlie or un- 
derlie the flight-feathers of the wing; a covert 
of the wing. See covert, n., 6 (with out), tec- 
trices, and first cut under icing Under wing- 
coverts. See under. 
winged (wingd or wing'ed), o. [< ME. winged, 
wcnged; < wing + -crf'-i.] 1. Having or wear- 
ing wings, in any sense : as, the winged horse 
(Pegasus) ; the winged god (Mercury) ; a winged 
(feathered) arrow ; a tcinged ship. 
steer hither, steer your winged pines. 
All beaten mariners. W. Brmtme, Syrens' Song. 
There is also a little contemptible winged creature, an 
inhabitant of my aerial element. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 28. 
2. In her., having wings. Specifically— (o) Noting 
a binl when the wings are of a different tincture from the 
body. (Rare.) (6) Noting an object not usually having 
wings ; as, a winged column. 
3. In hot., anat., aud conch., alate; alated ; 
having a part resembling or likened to a wing : 
as, a winged shell or bone ; a winged seed. See 
outs under sphenoid, wing-shell, and wing, »., 9 
(c). — 4. Abounding with wings, and hence with 
birds; swarming with birds. [Bare.] 
The wing'd air dark'd with plumes. 
Milton, Conius, 1. 730. 
6. Moving or passing on or as on wings ; swift; 
rapid. 
Ther mighte I seen 
Wenged wondres faste fleen. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 2118. 
Come, Tamburlaine ! now whet thy winged sword. 
Marlowe, Tamburlaine, I., ii, 3. 
With Fear oppresa'd, 
In winged Words he thus the Queen address'd. 
Congreoe, Hymn to Venus. 
6. Soaring; lofty; elevated; sublime. 
How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed 
for its own sake, because its essence is divine ! 
J. S. Har/ord, Michael Angelo, v. 
He [Emerson] looked far away over the heads of his hear- 
ers, with a vague kind of exi>ectation, as into some private 
he&ren of invention, and the winged period came at last 
obedient to his spell. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 383. 
7. Disabled in the 
broken. 
small cask or ^^u^loT^Z^ :Vi:r:7t:;.e, Te^ti^iy^e^'^ 
Md!e : so called from 
wink 
wing-rail (wing'ral), n. On railways, a guard- 
rail at a switch. E. H. Knight. 
wing-scale (wing'skal), n. In cntom., same as 
sqnamnla, 1 {!>). 
wingseed (wing'sed), n. See Ptclea and Ptero- 
spermuin. 
wing-sheath (wing'sheth), «. In cntom., same 
as ehjtrum, 1. Also wing-case, loing-cover. 
H. 1. A gastropod of 
wing; having the wing 
You will often recover wtfi^C(/ birds as full of life as be- 
fore the bone was broken. Coueg, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 16. 
Wingeo bull, au Assyrian symbol of force and domination, 
of frequent occurrence in ancient Assyrian architectural 
sculpture, in which pairs of winged human-headed bulls 
and lions of colossal size usually guarded the portals of 
in the wing of a ship, where the space is much 
reduced by the approaching lines of the hull. 
(See wing, n., 9 {d).) Tanks are accurately fit- 
ted to the sloping sides of the ship. 
wing-feather (wing'feTH'er), n. Any feather 
of the wing; especially, a wing-quiil, flight- 
feather, or remex. 
wing-flsh (wing'fish), n. A flying-fish; espe- 
cially, a flying-gurnard ; in the United States, 
any species of Prionotus. See cut under sea-- 
robin . 
wing-footed (wing'fut''ed),fl. 1. Aliped; hav- 
ing winged feet ; hence, rapid ; swift. 
Next Venus in his sphear is Maiaes sonne, 
loves messenger, wing-footed Mercuric. 
Tiines' Whistle (K E. T, S.), p. 116. 
Wing-footed Time them farther off doth bjar. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, x. 322. 
2. In conch., pteropod. P. P. Carpenter. 
wing-formed (wing'fdrmd), a. Shaped like a 
wing, in any sense ; aliform ; alate. 
wing-gudgeon (wing'guj'on), n. A short 
winged shaft of metal "_ _ ___ 
used as a journal for 
wheels having wood- 
en a.xles. The wing is 
inserted Into the end of 
the wood, and is secured 
firmly by shrinking on 
heated bands of wrought- 
iron. E. U. Knight. 
wing-handed (wing'- 
han'ded), a. Having 
the hands or fore limbs modified as wings ; chi- 
ropterous, as a bat. 
wing-leafed (wing'left), a. Having pinnate or 
pinnately divided leaves: as, a)C(n(7-'<;o/'(?rfpalm: 
contrasted with fan-leafed. 
wingless (wing'les),o. [<»»{«(/ -I- -few.] 1. Hav- 
ing no wings; hence, unable to fly; techni- 
cally, in rooV., apterous; not alate; not winged, 
in any sense. 
Our freedom chain'd, quite winglexs our desire. 
In sense dark-prison'd all that ought to soar. 
Young, Night Thoughts, ii. 343. 
2. In ornith., specifically, having rudimentary 
wings, unfit for flight ; irapennate or squami- 
pennate, as any ratite bird or penguin : as, the 
wingless kiwis (Aptcrygidse). 
winglessness (wing'les-nes), n. The state or 
character of being wingless. 
irino(«««i«« occurs in other insects through other causes 
than those which obtain in Madeira. Nature, XLIII. 410. 
winglet (wing'let), «. [< wing -i- -let.'] A little 
wing. SpeciHcally — (a) In ornith., the bastard wing, or 
alula, (b) In entmn.: (1) The alula, a membrane under 
the base of the elytra of many Coleoptera. 
When he took off the wingleta, either wholly or partially, 
the buzzing ceased. 
Kirby and Spenee, Entomology, II. 306. 
*"J jC^X'^s), one 
tural size. 
Wing -gudgeon. 
, gudgeon ; i, b, wings. 
the alate lip of the 
aperture. See also 
cut under Stromhus. 
— 2. A bivalve of 
the family AvicuH- 
dse; a hammer-oys- 
ter. — 3. A pteropod 
or wing-snail. — 4t. 
A wing-ease or wing- 
cover. N. Grew. — 
False wing-shells, the 
spout-shells or Aporrha- 
idif. See cuts under /i^«-- 
rhuis and spout-shett. 
wing-shooting 
(wing'sho"ting), n. 
The act or practice of shooting flying birds. 
They [fowling-pieces] were probably intended for uing- 
shooting, but could not have been made until several years 
after the invention of the flint lock. 
W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 58. 
wing-shot (wing'shot), a. and ». I. a. 1. Shot 
in the wing. — 2. Shot while on the wing. See 
winq-shooting. 
II. n. 1. A shot made at a bird on the wing. 
— 2. One who shoots flying birds. 
wing-snail (wing'snal), H. A pteropod or sea- 
butterfly. See cuts under Cavolinia and Pnen- 
m Oder ma. 
wing-spread (wing'spred), «. The distance 
from tip to tip of the extended wings, as of a 
bat, bird, or insect; extent of wing; alar ex- 
panse. 
wing-stopper (wing'stop"er), n. If. A rope 
having one end clenched to a cable, and the 
other to the ship's beam. — 2. A cable-stopper 
used in the wings or sides of the hold in old days 
when rope cables were used. 
wing-stroke (wing'strok), n. The stroke or 
sweep of the wings ; a wing-beat. 
wing-swift (wing'swift), rt. Swift of wing; of 
rapid flight. 
wing-tip (wing'tip), V. The point of the wing; 
the apex of the longest primary of abird's wing. 
This IS often the end of the first primary, which may 
exceed in length the next one by as much as or by more 
than the second surpasses the third. The most pointed 
wings result from this conformation, and the wing is gen- 
erally the more rounded the further removed the longest 
primary is from the first one. A sharp yet strong wing 
results from the greatest length of the second or third 
primary, supported nearly to its end by those next to it 
on each side; and, in general, two or three feathers, of 
nearly or quite equal lengths, compose the wing-tip. 
wing-tract (wing'trakt), n. In ornith., the 
pteryla alaris ; that special tract or pteryla 
upon which grow the feathers of the wing, ex- 
cepting the scapulars (which are situated upon 
the humeral tract). See pteryla, and first cut 
under )(•(■»(/. 
(2) The pterygium, a lateral expansion on each side of the Wing-tranSOm (wing'tran"sum). n. Naitt., the 
end of the rostrum, found in many weevils. ui>permo8t or longest transom in a ship. Also 
wlng-memhrane (wing'mem'bran), H. The (inUed main transom. See cut under fmHsyjH. 
skin of the wing of a bat; the alar membrane, wing-wale (wing'wal), «. See wing, »., 9 ((/). 
j-nervure (wing'ni'r'vur), «. Inentom., n wing-wall ( 
-Uncinate wing- 
Assyrian Winged Human-headed Bull. 
palaces. These figures were evidently typical of the union 
of the greatest intellectual and physical powers. Layard. 
— Winired catheter, a soft-rubber catheter from the fe- 
nestrated end of which project two processes which serve 
to retain the instrument after it has entered the bladder. 
— Winged elm. .See leahoo. 3. -Winged fly, an artificial 
fly with wings, used by anglers; distinguished from the 
palmer, which has the form of a caterpillar. — Winged 
norse. See Pe^ojiM. — winged leaf, a pinnate or pin- 
nately divided leaf.— Winged Uon. (a) See Lion of St. 
Mark, under lion. ((/) [I. c] Sec winged hull. above- 
Winged pea, a plant of the former genus Tetragowilobwi, 
now forming a section in Lotiu. The pod is four winged. 
436 
Wing-] 
nervure (which see, with ciit 
nervures. See uncinate. 
wing-net (wing 'net), n. A winged kind of 
stake-net, used iu the St. Lawrence salmon- 
fishery. 
wing-pad (wing'pad), «. One of the undevel- 
oped, pad-like wings of an active pupa, as of 
a young grasshopper. See cut under Caloptc- 
n us. 
wing-passage (wing'pas"aj), «. Xaut., a pas- 
sage along the sides of a ship in the hold. 
Thcaric, Naval Arch., 51 154. 
wing-pen (wing'pen), «. An inclosure for salt 
or ice in the hold of a vessel. 
wing-post (wing'post), «. A post or messen- 
ger which • ■ ■ 
[Rare.] 
Probably our English would be found as doclblc and in- 
genious as the Turkish pigeons, which carry letters from 
Aleppo to Babylon, if traine<l up accordingly. But such 
practices by these vnng-postn would spoil many a foot- 
IMist. Fuller, Worthies, Northamptonshire, II. 498. 
wing-quill (wing'kwil), n. In ornith., one of 
the remiges or flight-feathers. See remex, aud 
cuts under covert, n., 6, and loing, «., 1 (a). 
I travels on the wing; a carrier-pigeon. 
(wing'wal), n. One of the lateral 
walls of au abutment, forming a support and 
protection to it. E. H. Knight. 
Wingy (wing'i), n. [< wing + -i/'i.] ] . Having 
wings. 
The cranes. 
In feathcr'd legions, cut th' a?theiial plains; . . . 
But, if some rushing storm the journey cross. 
The wingy leaders all are at a loss. 
Rowe, tr. of Lucan, v. 10?9. 
2. Soaring as on wings; aspiring; lofty. 
As for those mngij mysteries in divinity, and airy sub- 
tleties in religion, which have unhinged the brains of 
better heads, they never stretched the pia mater of mine. 
Sir T. Browne, Eeligio Medici, i. § 9. 
Youth's gallant trophies, bi-igbt 
In Fancy's rainbow ray, invite 
His wingy nerves to climb. 
Beattie, Ode to Hope, ii. 1. 
3. Kapid; swift. 
With iiingy speed outstrip the eastern wind. 
AddiAon, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., ii. 
wink' (wingk), r. [< ME. winkcv, wink, move 
the eyelids quickly (pret. wane, wank, wonk). 
< AS. 'wincan (pret. *wanc, pp. "wiincen); also 
MK. wink-en (pret. winkede), < AS. wincian, 
wink; = MD. icincken, wenckcn = OHG. win- 
