·adj Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing;
— said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
·noun ·see 2d Sac, 2. II. Sack ·noun <<Bed>>. III. Sack ·noun A name formerly given to various dry...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A pocket. To buy the sack: to get drunk. To dive into the sack; to pick a pocket. To break a bottle ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Swift; rapid. II. Winged ·adj Wounded or hurt in the wing. III. Winged ·adj Fanned with wings...
·noun A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. ...
A bagpipe. Dutch.--Also the private parts of a woman. ...
[from the Anglo-Saxon sæc]. To pillage a place which has been taken by storm. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>. ...
·adj Beady for flight; eager. II. Full-winged ·adj Having large and strong or complete wings. ...
·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; — said of ba...
·adj Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies. ...
·adj Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. ...
·adj Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged. ...
·adj Scale-winged. ...
·adj Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle. ...
·adj Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. ...
A dastardly fellow: also a non-conformist. This appellation is said to have originated from the foll...
See (Fratres de) Penitentia. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.