Flying
Bible Usage:
- flying used 11 times.
- First Reference: Leviticus 11:21
- Last Reference: Revelation 8:13
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Flying
FLYING, participle present tense
1. Moving in air by means of wings; passing rapidly; springing; bursting; avoiding.
2. adjective Floating; waving; as flying colors.
3. adjective Moving; light, and suited for prompt motion; as a flying camp.
FLYING colors, a phrase expressing triumph.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Flying-bridge
FLYING-BRIDGE, noun A bridge of pontoons; also, a bridge composed of two boats.
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Flying-fish
FLYING-FISH, noun A small fish which flies by means of its pectoral fins. It is of the genus Exocoetus.
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Flying-party
FLYING-PARTY, noun In military affairs, a detachment of men employed to hover about an enemy.
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Flying-pinion
FLYING-PINION, noun The part of a clock, having a fly or fan, by which it fathers air, and checks the rapidity of the clock's motion, when the weight descends in the striking part.