Assertion: kite's wing | /r/CapableOf | strike the air
Facets:
value: as a boy's kite
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The wing strikes the air precisely as a boy's kite would if it were jerked by its string, the only difference being that the kite is pulled forwards upon the wind by the string and the hand, whereas in the insect, bird and bat the wing is pushed forwards on the wind by the weight of the body and the power residing in the pinion itself " (fig.