Wing-leaved

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• Leaved

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Leave>>. II. Leaved ·adj Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; — ...

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• Wing

  ·vt To supply with wings or sidepieces. II. Wing ·vt To transport by flight; to cause to fly. III....

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• wing

  The projecting part of a steamer's deck before and abaft each of the paddle-boxes, bounded by the wi...

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• wing-and-wing

  A ship coming before the wind with studding-sails on both sides; also said of fore-and-aft vessels, ...

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• Broad-leaved

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• Five-leaved

  ·adj Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper. ...

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• Three-leaved

  ·adj Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade. II. Three-leaved ·adj Consisting of three...

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• Bat's-wing

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• Sea wing

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• Standard-wing

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• Water wing

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• Wing-footed

  ·adj Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. II. Wing-footed ·adj Having wings attached ...

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• Wing-handed

  ·adj Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls. ...

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• Wing-shell

  ·noun Any pteropod shell. II. Wing-shell ·noun Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. ·s...

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• blue-wing

  n. a sportsman's name (as in England)for the bird called the Shoveller (q.v.). ...

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• bronze-wing

  n. a bird with a lustrousshoulder, Phaps chalcoptera, Lath. Called also Bronze-wing Pigeon. 1790. ...

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• wing-wale

  A thick plank extending from the extremity of a steamer's paddle-beam to her side; it is also design...

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• grass-leaved fern

  n. Vittaria elongata,Swartz, N.O. Filices. 1883. F. M. Bailey, `Synopsis of Queensland Flora,' p. ...

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• poplar-leaved gum

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• rough-leaved fig

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• bats-wing-coral

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• Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing

  (b. 1855) Dramatist. The Magistrate, Sweet Lavender, The Profligate, The Weaker Sex, Lady Bountiful...

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• wing up ballast, to

  To carry the dead weight from the bottom as high as consistent with the stability of a ship, in orde...

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