flight \flight\ flimact, n. as. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr.
   fle'ogan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle'on to flee,
   g. flucht a fleeing, sw. flykt, g. flug a flying, sw. flygt,
   d. vlugt a fleeing or flying, dan. flugt. root84. see
   flee, fly.
   1. the act of flying; a passing through the air by the help
      of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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            like the night owl's lazy flight.     --shak.
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   2. the act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape
      danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
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            pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
                                                  --matt. xxiv.
                                                  20.
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            fain by flight to save themselves.    --shak.
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   3. lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as,
      a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
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            could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
            he had been happy.                    --byron.
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            his highest flights were indeed far below those of
            taylor.                               --macaulay.
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   4. a number of beings or things passing through the air
      together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company;
      the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced
      in one season; as, a flight of arrows. --swift.
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            swift flights of angels ministrant.   --milton.
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            like a flight of fowl
            scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --shak.
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   5. a series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
      --parker.
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   6. a kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of
      shooting with it. see shaft. obs.
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            challenged cupid at the flight.       --shak.
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            not a flight drawn home
            e'er made that haste that they have.  --beau.  fl.
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   7. the husk or glume of oats. prov. eng. --wright.
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   8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane,
      spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
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   9. a scheduled flight8 on a commercial airline; as, the
      next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
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   flight feathers zool., the wing feathers of a bird,
      including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. see
      bird.

   to put to flight, to turn to flight, to compel to run
      away; to force to flee; to rout.

   to take a flight9, to make a trip in an airplane,
      especially a scheduled flight9.
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   syn: pair; set. see pair.
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see also:
flee fly shaft flight feathers bird to put to flight 
to turn to flight to take a flight9 pair