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Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..

Fledge :: Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

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.

Featherness :: Featherness (n.) The state or condition of being feathery.

Plumiliform :: Plumiliform (a.) Having the of a plume or feather.

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..

Turacou :: Turacou (n.) Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers..

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.

Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

Starting :: Starthroat (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a s

Plumassary :: Plumassary (n.) A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.

Bald :: Bald (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak..

Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Stovehouse :: Stove (v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Pinniform :: Pinniform (a.) Shaped like a fin or feather.

Cirrous :: Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.

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