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turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

turn the paddle; in canoeing

cover or fit with feathers

grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"

turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

turn the paddle; in canoeing

cover or fit with feathers

The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.

One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

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.

A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

To tread, as a cock.

To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.

Kind; nature; species; - from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species.

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

To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers

To turn to a horizontal plane; - said of oars.

The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.

One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

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.

A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

To tread, as a cock.

To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.

Kind; nature; species; - from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species.

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

To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers

To turn to a horizontal plane; - said of oars.

Part of the outer covering of a bird; a plume; something like a feather, as, in mechanism a wedge. fin. or flange.

To ornament with feathers; cover with, or as with, feathers; turn the blade of (an oar) horizontally when leaving the water.

To become covered with feathers.

One of the growths which form the covering of a bird; a feather-like ornament.

To furnish or adorn with feathers.

To cover with feathers.

One of the fluffy growths that form the plumage of a bird.

In rowing, the act of feathering.

One of the plumes which ferm the covering of a bird; species; an ornament; an empty title.

To dress in feathers; to cover with feathers or such like; to adern. A feather in the cap, an honour achieved. To be in full feather, to be up to the mark. To be in high feather, to appear in high spirits or elated. To show the white feather, to give indications of cowardice, as a white feather in the tail of a cock was supposed to imply. Feathers, any narrow slips of timber to strengthen partitioning, framework, &c. To feather one's nest, to collect wealth, particularly from emoluments derived from agencies. To feather the oar, to turn the edge of an ear horizontally when raising it from the water.

Part of the natural covering of a bird; a plume; the whole feathers of a bird are called its plumage.

To dress or adorn with feathers.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Greek, Latin] One of the growths, generally formed of a central quill and a vane on each side of it, which make up the covering of a bird; a plume; something resembling a feather;—an ornament; an empty title;—species; kind; nature.

The plume of birds; an ornament, an empty title; upon a horse, a sort of natural frizzling hair.

To dress in feathers; to fit with feathers; to tread as a cock; to enrich, to adorn; To feather one’s nest, to get riches together.