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1.
flight
n.(1)
42 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The act of fleeing, flight, escape; also
fig.
; (b) avoidance; (c) departure; also
fig.
; (d) ability to flee.
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2.
flouht
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A state of agitation or turmoil;
in flouht
, in a flutter, agitated.
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3.
flight
n.(2)
77 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The act of flying with wings, flight through the air;
comen in (with) flight
, to come flying;
foules flight
, the flight of
a
bird;
fig.
spiritual soaring; (b)
flight-foul
, bird of the air;
flight
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