Part 4387

<blockquote>Swift <b>flights</b> of angels ministrant. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Like a <b>flight</b> of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.</def>

<i>Parker.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See <er>Shaft</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Challenged Cupid at the <b>flight</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Not a <b>flight</b> drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The husk or glume of oats.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i> <-- 8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon. 9. A scheduled flight{8} -- <col>to take a flight{9}. -->

<cs><col>Flight feathers</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See <er>Bird</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To put to flight</col>, <col>To turn to flight</col></mcol>, <cd>to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Pair; set. See <er>Pair</er>.</syn>

<h1>Flighted</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flight"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.</def> "Drowsy-<i>flighted</i> steeds."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Feathered; -- said of arrows.</def>

<h1>Flighter</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flight"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Brewing)</fld> <def>A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Flightily</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flight"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a flighty manner.</def>

<h1>Flightiness</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flight"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being flighty.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>flightness</b> of her temper. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity. See <er>Levity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Flight-shot</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flight"-shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Within a <b>flight-shot</b> it inthe valley. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Half a <b>flight-shot</b> from the king's oak. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>