Definition of feather

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Feather (v. t.) To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap..

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Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
Tick :: Tick (n.) The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling..
Remiges :: Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.
Topknot :: Topknot (n.) A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women..
Hypoptilum :: Hypoptilum (n.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.
Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Fluff :: Fluff (n.) Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers..
Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) Any thin, as on a board or a razor..
Spall :: Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc..
Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..
Horn :: Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout..
Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..
Quill :: Quill (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather..
Rough-legged :: Rough-legged (a.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.
Feather :: 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..
Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.
Feather-headed :: Feather-headed (a.) Giddy; frivolous; foolish.
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