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Hackle :: Hackle (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used..

Crissal :: Crissal (a.) Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers..

Apteria :: Apteria (n. pl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.

Stipulaceous :: Stipula (n.) A newly sprouted feather.

Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal..

Tick :: Tick (n.) The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling..

Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

Fledge :: Fledge (v. i.) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

Oo :: Oo (n.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle..

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..

Moult :: Moult (n.) The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..

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