a-wing, advb. phr.
(əˈwɪŋ)
[a prep.1 + wing.]
On the wing; fluttering.
| 1823 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. I. 293 Swallows coming awing frae God knows where. 1850 Mrs. Browning Poems II. 186 The island's edges are a-wing With trees that over-branch—The sea with song-birds. |