Flying

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Flying - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

FLYING, ppr.

1. Moving in air by means of wings; passing rapidly; springing; bursting; avoiding.

2. a. Floating; waving; as flying colors.

3. a. Moving; light, and suited for prompt motion; as a flying camp.

Flying colors, a phrase expressing triumph.

Source of the article

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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