wings
/wɪŋz/ noun A2- A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
- A flip (hairstyle). · Near-synonym: head wings
- A pilot's license, the legal authorization to operate an aircraft. · After being found liable for the crash that killed several passengers, the captain of the downed airliner lost his wings.
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Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated.
The Tortoise exclaimed in the moment of death: “I have deserved my present fate; for what had I to do with wings and clouds, who can with difficulty move about on the earth?”
Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.
The vanquished Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner, while the conqueror, flying up to a high wall, flapped his wings and crowed exultingly with all his might.
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