Part 4214

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who entertains magnificently.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Feastful</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feast"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.</def> "<i>Feastful</i> days."

<i>Milton.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Feast"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Feat</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fet</ets>, OF. <ets>fet</ets>, <ets>fait</ets>, F. <ets>fait</ets>, <ets>factum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>facere</ets>, <ets>factum</ets>, to make or do. Cf. <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feasible</er>, <er>Do</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An act; a deed; an exploit.</def>

<blockquote>The warlike <b>feats</b> I have done. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; <as>as, <ex>feats</ex> of horsemanship, or of dexterity</as>.</def>

<h1>Feat</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feat</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form; to fashion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To the more mature, A glass that <b>feated</b> them. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feat</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feat</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Feater</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Featest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>fait</ets> made, shaped, fit, p.p. of <ets>faire</ets> to make or do. See <er>Feat</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Never master had a page . . . so <b>feat</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much <b>feater</b> than before. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feat-bodied</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feat"-bod`ied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a feat or trim body.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Feateous</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feat"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>faitis</ets>, <ets>faitice</ets>, <ets>fetis</ets>, well made, fine, L. <ets>facticius</ets> made by art.]</ety> <def>Dexterous; neat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Feat"e*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Feather</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fether</ets>, AS. <ets>fe<?/der</ets>; akin to D. <ets>veder</ets>, OHG. <ets>fedara</ets>, G. <ets>feder</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj\'94<?/r</ets>, Sw. <ets>fj\'84der</ets>, Dan. <ets>fj\'91der</ets>, Gr. <?/ wing, feather, <?/ to fly, Skr. <ets>pattra</ets> wing, feathr, <ets>pat</ets> to fly, and prob. to L. <ets>penna</ets> feather, wing. &root;76, 248. Cf. <er>Pen</er> a feather.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.</def>

<note>&hand; An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender lamin\'91 or barbs, which usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See <er>Down</er>, <er>Quill</er>, <er>Plumage</er>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>