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Feather

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speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
A
,
structure that
the
of
, used for
,
,
and display.
●
Long
on the lower
of a
or
, especially a
,
the Clydesdale
. Narrowly only the
.
●
One of the
or
on the
of an arrow.
●
A
from an
to
it, or to
a
in another
and thereby
sideways but
; a spline.
●
Kind;
;
(from the
"birds of a feather").
●
One of the two
of the three-piece
-splitting
known as
or
s; the
s are
in a
and then a
is
between them,
the
to split.
●
The
of an
or paddle-wheel
, with
to a
, as it
or
the water.
●
Anything
or
; a
or jot.
●
In Hunting:
Partridges and
,
and
(called fur).
●
In Rail transportation:
A
to a colour-light
at an
, which
,
with
, when a
is set up.

Verb

●
To
or
with
; (when of an
) to fletch.
●
To
,
with
; to fringe.
●
To
in the
or
of feathers.
●
In Rowing:
To
the
while they are
the water to reduce
resistance.
●
In Aeronautics:
To
the
of an aircraft's
by
them
to the
of the
when the
is
so that the
does not
during flight.
●
In Carpentry & Engineering:
To
or
an edge.
●
In Computer graphics:
To
or
the
of an
with those of a
or
.
●
Of
or
: to
a
through the
medium.
●
To
; to give
to.
●
To
; to
; to benefit.
●
To
, as a cockerel.
●
In Billiards & Snooker:
To
the
along the
in
for
the
ball.
●
In Billiards & Snooker:
To
the
with the
of the
when
aim.
●
To
, like (or
with) a feather.
●
To
, like a feather.

Name

●
  • A surname.
  • An English
    as an occupation.
  • An
    Americanized German
    from German,
    to English Feather.
    • Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    feather
    English
    arrow
    fether
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    arrow
    feþer
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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