the act of a bird in flying; or the manner, duration, &c. thereof.

Almost every kind of bird has its particular flight; the eagle's flight is the highest; the flight of the sparrow-hawk and vulture is noble, and fit for high enterprise.

In melting the lead ore in the works at Mendip, there is a substance which flies away in the smoke which is called the flight. The workmen find it sweetish upon their lips, if their faces happen to be in the way of the smoke, which they avoid as much as possible. This, falling on the grass, kills cattle that feed thereon; and being gathered and carried home, kills rats and mice in their houses; that which falls on the sand, they gather and melt upon a flag hearth into shot and sheet lead.