Part 4216

<blockquote>The <b>feathering</b> oar returns the gleam. <i>Tickell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Stopping his sculls in the air to <b>feather</b> accurately. <i>Macmillan's Mag.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.</def>

<blockquote>A clump of ancient cedars <b>feathering</b> in evergreen beauty down to the ground. <i>Warren.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The ripple <b>feathering</b> from her bows. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Feath"er-brained/</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Feathered</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feath"ered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; <as>as, a <ex>feathered</ex> animal; a <ex>feathered</ex> arrow.</as></def>

<blockquote>Rise from the ground like <b>feathered</b> Mercury. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nonsense <b>feathered</b> with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. <i>Dr. J. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; <as>as, land <ex>feathered</ex> with trees</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.</def>

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

<hw>Feath"er-edge/</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any thin, as on a board or a razor.</def>

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

<hw>Feath"er-edged/</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.</def>

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

<hw>Feath"er-few/</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Feverfew.</def>

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

<hw>Feath"er-foil`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Feather</ets> + <ets>foil</ets> a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic plant (<spn>Hottonia palustris</spn>), having finely divided leaves.</def>

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

<hw>Feath"er-head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A frivolous or featherbrained person.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>H. James.</i>

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

<hw>Feath"er-head`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Giddy; frivolous; foolish.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>