Wineglassful to Winter
Wineglassful
(Wine"glass`ful) ;, n. pl. Wineglassfuls As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a
wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.
Wineless
(Wine"less), a. destitute of wine; as, wineless life.
Winery
(Win"er*y) n. [Cf. F. vinerie.] A place where grapes are converted into wine.
Wing
(Wing) n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. vængr.]
1. 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.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
beareth them on her wings.
Deut. xxxii. 11. In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar
side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts, those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie
over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of the short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and Plumage.
2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of the large
pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood.
Shak. 4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
Fiery expedition be my wing.
Shak. 5. 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.
6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. Specifically: (a)
(Zoöl.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the
kind called samara. (c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. Hence: (a) (Arch.) A side building,
less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. (b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks,
etc., connecting them with the main work. (c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing
up by the side of another. [Obs.] (d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. (e)
(Naut.) 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. Totten. (f) One of
the sides of the stags in a theater.
On the wing. (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another. — On the wings of the wind, with
the utmost velocity. — Under the wing, or wings, of, under the care or protection of. — Wing and
wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; — said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before
the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged. — Wing case (Zoöl.), one of the anterior wings
