Definition of feather

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Feather (v. t.) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe..

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Cirrous :: Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
Hyporadius :: Hyporadius (n.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather..
Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..
Feather :: Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..
Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Ptenoglossa :: Ptenoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather..
Graduated :: Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer..
Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having feathers or plumes.
Uropygial :: Uropygial (a.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers..
Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe..
Implumed :: Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.
Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles..
Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..
Feather-headed :: Feather-headed (a.) Giddy; frivolous; foolish.
Beplumed :: Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.
Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers..
Peripterous :: Peripterous (a.) Feathered all around.
Tail :: Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.
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