one of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. they correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.-any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.-one of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects.  they are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.-one of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.-passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.-motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.-anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.-an ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.-any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.-one of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.-any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.-either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.-one of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.-a side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.-the longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.-a side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.-the right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.-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.-one of the sides of the stags in a theater.-to furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.-to supply with wings or sidepieces.-to transport by flight; to cause to fly.-to move through in flight; to fly through.-to cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.