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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Winged \Winged\, adjective
1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.]
How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. --J. S. Harford.
3. Swift; rapid. ''Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal.'' --Shak.
4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wing \Wing\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winging}.]
1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. --Pope.
Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. --Longfellow.
2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. --Shak.
3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak.
4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore.
5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person. [1913 Webster +PJC]
{To wing a flight}, to exert the power of flying; to fly.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
winged
adjective
1: having or as if having wings; "the winged feet of Mercury"; [ant: {wingless}]
2: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "winged": agile, breakneck, dashing, double-quick, eagle-winged, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hustling, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, nimble, nimble-footed, precipitate, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, reckless, running, snappy, spanking, speedy, swift
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