Definition of feather

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Feather (n.) A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone..

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Featherness :: Featherness (n.) The state or condition of being feathery.
Moult :: Moult (n.) The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting..
Endysis :: Endysis (n.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis..
Puff-legged :: Puff-legged (a.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
Argus :: Argus (n.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.
Feathering. :: Feathering. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feathe.
Pennatula :: Pennatula (n.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches..
Eared :: Eared (a.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.
Crested :: Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.
Implumed :: Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.
Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..
Rough-legged :: Rough-legged (a.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
Pterylography :: Pterylography (n.) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
Orbitary :: Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird..
Isopogonous :: Isopogonous (a.) Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.
Penna :: Penna (n.) A perfect, or normal, feather..
Archaeopteryx :: Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics..
Feathery :: Feathery (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow..
Pillow :: Pillow (n.) Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material..
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