Flight, 1) hasty or secret departure: Lucr. 968. Gentl. II, 4, 180. II, 6, 37. V, 2, 43. Ado V, 4, 127. Mids. I, 1, 212. Mids. I, 1, 212 V, 310 (take thy f.). Merch. III, 1, 28. As I, 3, 139. All's II, 5, 97. III, 2, 130. Wint. II, 1, 174. IV, 4, 519. IV, 4, 519 H6C IV, 6, 89. Mcb. IV, 2, 3. Mcb. IV, 2, 3 Cymb. III, 5, 100. V, 5, 46. Per. I, 1, 142. == faithless desertion: “Theseus' perjury and unjust f.” Gentl. IV, 4, 173. “we will untread the steps of damned f.” John V, 4, 52. John V, 4, 52
2) the act of fleeing from an enemy: Compl. 244. Meas. III, 1, 12. H4B I, 1, 130. H6A III, 2, 105. H6A III, 2, 105 IV, 2, 24. IV, 5, 11. IV, 5, 11 IV, 5, 11 IV, 6, 52. H6C II, 2, 30. II, 3, 12. II, 6, 24. III, 3, 36 “(put to f.).” Troil. V, 10, 12. Cor. I, 4, 38. Tim. V, 4, 13. Lr. III, 4, 10. Ant. III, 10, 28.
3) the act of passing through the air: Lucr. 695. Mids. IV, 1, 104. R2 I, 3, 61. H4A III, 2, 31. H6C II, 1, 130. Mcb. III, 1, 141. III, 2, 41. “to make a f.” Gentl. II, 7, 12. Wint. IV, 4, 15. “flies an eagle f.” Tim. I, 1, 49. “his fellow of the self-same f.” Merch I, 1, 141 (i. e. flying to the same distance).
4) a flock of birds, or other beings passing through the air together: “a f. of fowl scattered by winds,” Tit. V, 3, 68. “--s of angels sing thee to thy rest,” Hml. V, 2, 371.
5) a kind of light and well-feathered arrow: “challenged Cupid at the f.” Ado I, 1, 40.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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