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▪ I. wingy, a.|ˈwɪŋɪ|
[f. wing n. + -y1.]
†1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a wing or wings; wing-like. Obs.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv. 66 The lower leaf [of leguminous plants] closely involving the rudimental Cod, and the alary or wingy divisions embracing or hanging over it. 1694Addison Ovid's Met. ii. Phaeton 183 With wingy speed [they] outstrip the eastern wind.
2. Having wings, winged (poet.); having large or conspicuous wings (cf. leggy).
1596[see 4]. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan v. 1029 If some rushing Storm the Journey cross, The wingy Leaders all are at a loss. 1757Dyer Fleece i. 588 With tar Prevent the wingy swarm and scorching heat. 1892‘Michael Field’ Sight & Song 1 The Indifférent. Watteau. The Louvre... He dances on; the world is his, The sunshine and his wingy hat. 1918[A. G. Gardiner] Leaves in Wind 2 Those wingy, nippy, intrepid insects that we call, vaguely, mosquitoes.
3. fig. Capable of ‘flight’, soaring, aspiring; soaring out of reach, eluding grasp or comprehension.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §9 Those wingy mysteries in Divinity, and airy subtleties in Religion. Ibid. §32 The noble Soule..Whose wingy nature ever doth aspire, To reach a place whence first it tooke its fire. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 792 That this [etherial vehicle], being made Light, and Alate or Wingy, might no way hinder the Souls Ascent upward. 1760Beattie Ode to Hope ii. i, Youth's gallant trophies..invite His wingy nerves to climb. 1855Singleton æn. ii. 1121 The phantom-form..a match For wanton winds, and likest wingy [orig. volucri] sleep.
4. Comb., as wingy-footed, wingy-heeled adjs. (cf. wing-footed, wing n. 24).
1596Spenser F.Q. (ed. 2) iii. xii. 12 [Fear] fast away did fly, As ashes pale of hew, and wingyheeld [1590 winged heeld]. 1716Rowe Ode for 1716 iii. 16 Wingy-footed was he Born. 1740Somerville Hobbinol. i. 304 Thus on the slacken'd Rope The wingy-footed Artist..Stands tott'ring.
▪ II. wingy, n. colloq.|ˈwɪŋɪ|
[f. wing n. + -y6.]
A one-armed man; also (with capital initial) used as a nickname. Cf. wing n. 5 d (c).
1880D. W. Barrett Navvies (ed. 2) ii. iii. 49 If a poor fellow..is short of a leg or an arm, ‘Peggy’ or ‘Wingy’ is at once affixed to him. 1910H. Lawson Stories (1964) 2nd Ser. 296 Wingy..is a ratty little one-armed man whose case is usually described in the head-line as ‘A 'Armless Case’ by one of our great dailies. 1931‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route v. 58 Missions are very anxious to recruit the ‘wingies’ and ‘armies’, or the one⁓armed hobos. 1964T. Ronan Packhorse & Pearling Boat 129 As Dad later referred to him as ‘Wingy’ Collins I presume that he had one arm amputated, or some similar disability. |