gliding

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  1. In heraldry, represented as moving—that is, as undulating, as if in motion, and fessewise: said of a serpent used as a bearing. Also glissant.

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  • I start gliding, and the ground comes up to meet me. —  I Flew For The Führer
  • The prop feathers for gliding, and remains in that position, so that I am forced to turn off the engine, and have to go down for a deadstick landing at the airfield on Westerland Island. —  I Flew For The Führer
  • I didn't want to see how Japhrimel was flying—or gliding, actually, since we seemed to be falling pretty rapidly. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • Then after a short time of free "gliding," the motors are turned on, this time slowing the ship. —  Wonder Stories Quarterly Summer 1932
  • Half-gliding, half-swimming, the undersized grotesque used big whole-body strokes to power himself through the air. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
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