Definition of feather

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Feather (v. i.) To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out..

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Pennatula :: Pennatula (n.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..
Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.
Pinfeathered :: Pinfeathered (a.) Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed..
Zoomelanin :: Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.
Semiplume :: Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather..
Psitta-co-fulvine :: Psitta-co-fulvine (n.) A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
Loral :: Loral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc..
Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..
Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Truncate :: Truncate (a.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather..
Fledge :: Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.
Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..
Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..
Bird Of Paradise :: Bird of paradise () The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers..
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..
Penniform :: Penniform (a.) Having the form of a feather or plume.
Mew :: Mew (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance..
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