a-wing

Serpents, even in prime condition, cannot keep pace with a dragon a-wing.

Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

Then she tossed the shirt at him and it opened wide, a white bird a-wing.

The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999

The sun bobbed along a line of distant palm trees on the far side of the disputed potato field; it had lost all power to wound, and mosquitoes were already a-wing.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

Because Ythrians were also a-wing in this, there happened an incident which is worth the telling here.

The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978

The queen was a-wing before the echo of her command had died.

DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

She was about to demand of Piyanth why he hadn't gone to Keroon when she realized there were far more beasts a-wing than K'net's twenty.

DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

The black bat and the darting nighthawk were a-wing, grim spectres of the dusk.

The Long Ago

They came a-wing, they came a-foot, they came from flower and thicket;

Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann Nancy Byrd Turner

The blue-bird is a-wing; he has heard the call of spring;

A Jolly Jingle-Book Laura [Compiler] Chandler

Sydney Harbour ... the air alive with sunlight and white flutterings of sea gulls a-wing ... alive with pleasure boats that leaned here and yon on white sails.

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922