the act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.-the act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.-lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.-a number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.-a series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.-a kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. see shaft.-the husk or glume of oats.