flight
    n 1: a formation of aircraft in flight
    2: an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an
       exciting adventure for him" [syn: flight, flying]
    3: a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and
       the next [syn: flight, flight of stairs, flight of
       steps]
    4: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the
       mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his
       flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: escape,
       flight]
    5: an air force unit smaller than a squadron
    6: passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of
       fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
    7: the path followed by an object moving through space [syn:
       trajectory, flight]
    8: a flock of flying birds
    9: a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I
       took the noon flight to Chicago"
    v 1: shoot a bird in flight
    2: fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
    3: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: fledge,
       flight]

Flight \Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr.
   fle['o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle['o]n to flee,
   G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt,
   D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See
   Flee, Fly.]
   1. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help
      of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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            Like the night owl's lazy flight.     --Shak.
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   2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape
      danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
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            Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
                                                  --Matt. xxiv.
                                                  20.
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            Fain by flight to save themselves.    --Shak.
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   3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as,
      a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
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            Could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
            He had been happy.                    --Byron.
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            His highest flights were indeed far below those of
            Taylor.                               --Macaulay.
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   4. A number of beings or things passing through the air
      together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company;
      the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced
      in one season; as, a flight of arrows. --Swift.
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            Swift flights of angels ministrant.   --Milton.
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            Like a flight of fowl
            Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak.
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   5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
      --Parker.
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   6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of
      shooting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.]
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            Challenged Cupid at the flight.       --Shak.
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            Not a flight drawn home
            E'er made that haste that they have.  --Beau. & Fl.
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   7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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   8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane,
      spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
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   9. A scheduled flight[8] on a commercial airline; as, the
      next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
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   Flight feathers (Zool.), the wing feathers of a bird,
      including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See
      Bird.

   To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run
      away; to force to flee; to rout.

   to take a flight[9], to make a trip in an airplane,
      especially a scheduled flight[9].
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   Syn: Pair; set. See Pair.
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FLIGHT, crim. law. The evading the course of justice, by a man's voluntarily 
withdrawing himself. 4 Bl. Com. 387. Vide Fugitive from justice.