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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Pompon :: Pompon (n.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather..
Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers.
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.
Crested :: Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.
Uropygium :: Uropygium (n.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose..
Racket-tail :: Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves..
Feather-brained/ :: Feather-brained/ (a.) Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed.
Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..
Sufi :: Suffusion (n.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.
Feather :: 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..
Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..
Cirrous :: Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
Aplustre :: Aplustre (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather..
Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..
Featherness :: Featherness (n.) The state or condition of being feathery.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird..
Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap..
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