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A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]

ct. I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight. Dryden.

o fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. J. Reading.

brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. Isa. xxviii. 20.

The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.

lled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]

all butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

y marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.

The act of soaring; upward flight. This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

nd Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.

endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. Milton.

nce, to aid; to favor. "Fortune speed us!" Shak. With rising gales that speed their happy flight. Dryden.

latory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot. I will wish her speedy strength. Shak. Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. Dryden.

ream. Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are. -- Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. -- Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n., 1. -- Run of stars (Arch.), a single set…

A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. "A rude and narrow stairway." Moore.

per, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black.

go, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, race horse, and side wheel duck.