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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Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees..
Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
Loral :: Loral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc..
Rough-footed :: Rough-footed (a.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove..
Imp :: Imp (n.) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip..
Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.
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..
Plumiped :: Plumiped (a.) Having feet covered with feathers.
Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..
Psitta-co-fulvine :: Psitta-co-fulvine (n.) A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
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..
Starting :: Starthroat (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.
Feather-few/ :: Feather-few/ (n.) Feverfew.
Plumulose :: Plumulose (a.) Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather..
Dowle :: Dowle (n.) Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather.
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..
Vermiculation :: Vermiculation (n.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds..
Uropygial :: Uropygial (a.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds..
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