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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Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Feather :: Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species..
Flighted :: Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
Arrow :: Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow..
Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Loral :: Loral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc..
Moult :: Moult (v. t.) To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..
Tail :: Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To adorn with feathers or plumes.
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Intermediae :: Intermediae (n. pl.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices..
Principal :: Principal (n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
Feather-few/ :: Feather-few/ (n.) Feverfew.
Panache :: Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers..
Barbicel :: Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
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..
Pterylosis :: Pterylosis (n.) The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.
Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..
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