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Definition of Flighted
1. Adjective. Having feathers. "Arrows flighted argent"
Definition of Flighted
1. a. Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.
Definition of Flighted
1. Adjective. (context: of birds) Capable of flight. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flighted
1. flight [v] - See also: flight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flighted
Literary usage of Flighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... could never be prevailed upon to give the flighted credit to the rumour; and
indeed he was fo convinced of its ..."
2. The Century (1902)
"flighted THEIR TROTH ONE DAY. There was a laugh at their side— the roaring laugh
of the boatman himself. " I '11 remember that, Tora San," Choko said. ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed (1780)
"No contemporary writer hath taken the leaft notice of him, nor hath any biographer
fince given the flighted account of his life. All that we are informed of ..."
Other Resources:
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