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Uncommon
noun
•
An
appendage
of an
animal's (bird,
bat
,
insect
)
body
that
enables
it to
fly
•
A
fin
at the
side
of a
ray
or
similar
fish
•
Human
arm
.
•
In Aviation:
Part
of an
aircraft
that
produces
the
lift
for
rising
into the
air
.
•
One of the large
pectoral fins
of a
flying fish
.
•
One of the
broad
,
thin
,
anterior
lobes
of the
foot
of a
pteropod
, used as an
organ
in
swimming
.
•
In Botany:
Any
membranaceous
expansion
, such as that along the
sides
of certain
stems
, or of a
fruit
of the kind called
samara
.
•
In Botany:
Either of the two
side
petals
of a
papilionaceous
flower
.
•
A
side
shoot
of a
tree
or
plant
; a
branch
growing up
by the
side
of another.
•
Passage
by
flying
;
flight
.
•
Limb
or
instrument
of
flight
; means of
flight
or of
rapid
motion
.
•
A part of something that is
lesser
in
size
than the main
body
, such as an
extension
from the
main building
.
•
Anything that
agitates
the
air
as a
wing
does, or is
put in
winglike
motion
by the
action
of the
air
, such as a
fan
or
vane
for
winnowing
grain
, the
vane
or
sail
of a
windmill
, etc.
•
A
protruding
piece
of
material
on a
menstrual
pad
to
hold it
in place
and
prevent
leakage
.
•
An
ornament
worn
on the
shoulder
; a
small
epaulet
or
shoulder knot
.
•
A
cosmetic
effect
where
eyeliner
curves
outward
and
ends
at a
point
.
•
A
faction
of a
political
movement
.
Usually
implies
a
position
apart from
the
mainstream
center
position
.
•
In British English:
An
organizational
grouping
in a
military
aviation
service
:
A
unit
of
command
consisting of
two or more
squadrons
and itself being a sub-unit of a group or
station
.
•
In American English:
An
organizational
grouping
in a
military
aviation
service
:
A
larger
formation
of two or more
groups
, which
in turn
control two or more
squadrons
.
•
In British English:
A
panel
of a
car
which
encloses
the
wheel
area
,
especially
the front
wheels
.
•
In Nautical:
A
platform
on either
side
of the
bridge
of a
vessel
,
normally
found
in pairs
.
•
In Nautical:
That part of the
hold
or
orlop
of a
vessel
which is
nearest
the
sides
. In a
fleet
, one of the
extremities
when the
ships
are
drawn up
in line
, or when
forming
the two
sides
of a
triangle
.
•
In Sports:
A
position
in several
field
games
on either
side
of the
field
.
•
In Sports:
A
player
occupying
such a
position
, also called a
winger
•
In Typography:
A
háček
.
•
In Theater:
One of the
unseen
areas
on the side
of the
stage
in a
theatre
.
•
The
insignia
of a
qualified
pilot
or
aircrew
member
.
•
A
portable
shelter
consisting of
a
fabric
roof
on a
frame
, like a
tent
without
sides
.
•
On the
Enneagram
, one of the two
adjacent
types
to an
enneatype
that
forms
an individual's
subtype
of his or her
enneatype
verb
•
To
injure
slightly
(as with a
gunshot
),
especially
in the
wing
or
arm
.
•
To
fly
.
•
To
add
a
wing
(extra part) to.
•
To
act
or
speak
extemporaneously
; to
improvise
; to
wing it
.
•
To
throw
.
•
To
furnish
with
wings
.
•
To
transport
with, or
as if
with,
wings
; to
bear
in flight
, or
speedily
.
•
To
traverse
by
flying
.
name
•
A
surname
.
•
A large
village
and
civil parish
in
Buckinghamshire
,
England
(OS
grid
ref
SP
8822).
•
A
village
and
civil parish
in
Rutland
,
England
(OS
grid
ref
SK
8903).
•
An
unincorporated
community
in
Covington County
,
Alabama
,
United States
.
•
A
small town
in
Burleigh County
,
North Dakota
,
United States
.
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