5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm
and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.
6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different
tincture from the body.
7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with
plumes." Milton.
Wing"er (?), n. (Naut.) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a
vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
Totten.
Wing"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral
fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.
Wing"-foot`ed (?), a. 1. Having wings attached to the feet; as,
wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.
Drayton.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. (b)
Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of
winglike swimming organs; — said of the pteropod mollusks.
Wing"-hand`ed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the anterior limbs or hands
adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.
Wing"-leaved` (?), a. (Bot.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided
leaves.
Wing"less, a. Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
Wingless bird (Zoöl.), the apteryx.
Wing"let (?), n. 1. A little wing; a very small wing.