Definition of feather

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Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..

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Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
Dowle :: Dowle (n.) Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather.
Antiae :: Antiae (n. pl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
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.
Arrow :: Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow..
Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..
Pin-tailed :: Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds..
Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
Feather-pated :: Feather-pated (a.) Feather-headed; frivolous.
Bird :: Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..
Saw-whet :: Saw-whet (n.) A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl..
Orbitary :: Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird..
Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..
Penniform :: Penniform (a.) Having the form of a feather or plume.
Plumy :: Plumy (a.) Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery..
Ringbird :: Ringbird (n.) The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.
Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..
Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds..
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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