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surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.

e Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.

A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

The act of flying beyond or across. Jer. Taylor.

lied genera of the family Ranidæ. Their toes are furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog (see under Flying) is an example. -- Tree goose (Zoöl.), the bernicle goose. -- Tree hopper (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on the branches and twigs of tr…

truce (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which hostilities are suspended. -- Truce of God, a suspension of arms promulgated by the church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages, putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain periods.…

Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and value. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

Flying with sails; passing under full sail. [R.]

a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

A flying fish of California (Exocoetus Californicus): -- called also volator.

Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current. English silver now was current, and our gold volant in the pope's court. Fuller.

Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. [Obs.]

The act of flying; flight. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To glide in a flying machine.

To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound. [Written also whizz.] It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden.

to win." Chaucer. "Who thus shall Canaan win." Milton. Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. Dryden.

Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. Specifically: (Zoöl.)

Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.

Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.

Power or skill in flying. [R.] Duke of Argyll.