Definition of feather

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Feather (n.) The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water..

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Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Plumigerous :: Plumigerous (a.) Feathered; having feathers.
Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..
Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..
Moult :: Moult (v. t.) To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..
Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..
Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft..
Feather-edged/ :: Feather-edged/ (a.) Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable..
Swanskin :: Swanskin (n.) The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.
Arrow :: Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow..
Garland :: Garland (n.) A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath..
Torques :: Torques (n.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar..
Crissum :: Crissum (n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts..
Pinfeather :: Pinfeather (n.) A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin..
Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.
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