Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WING, v.t.

1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms. – Pope.
2. To supply with side bodies; as, on either side well winged.
3. To transport by flight. – I‚ an old turtle, / Will wing me to some wither'd bough. – Shak. Edge the keen sword, and wing th' unerring ball. – Trumbull. To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying.