outwing

English edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

(verb) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈwɪŋ/
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(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtwɪŋ/
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Verb edit

outwing (third-person singular simple present outwings, present participle outwinging, simple past and past participle outwinged)

(transitive) To surpass or outstrip in flying.
Synonym: outfly
- 1717, Samuel Garth, Metamorphoses:
  As she attempts at words, his courser springs
  O'er hills, and lawns, and ev'n a wish outwings

Noun edit

outwing (plural outwings)

In various birds, an outer wing

References edit

“outwing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.