Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WING'ED
WING'ED, pp.
- Furnished with wings; transported by flying.
- adj. Having wings; as, a winged fowl. – Gen. i.
- Swift; rapid; as, with winged haste. – Shak.
- Wounded; hurt.
- In botany, furnished with longitudinal membranous appendages, as a winged stalk or stem; or with downy or hairy appendages, as winged seeds. – Cyc. Winged petiole, having a thin membrane or border on each side, or dilated on the sides. – Martyn. Winged leaf, a pinnate leaf; a species of compound leaf, wherein a simple leaf has several leaflets fastened to each side of it. – Martyn.
- In heraldry, represented with wings, or having wings of a different color from the body.
- Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. – Milton.
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