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1.NounA branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2.NounLong hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
3.NounOne of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
4.NounA longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways or rotationally but permit motion lengthwise.
5.NounKind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
6.NounOne of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
7.NounThe angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
8.NounAnything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
9.NounPartridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
10.NounA junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
11.NounA faint edge.
12.VerbTo cover or furnish with feathers; to fletch.
13.VerbTo adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
14.VerbTo arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers."The stylist feathered my hair."
15.VerbTo rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
16.VerbTo streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight."After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the damaged left engine’s propeller."
17.VerbTo finely shave or bevel an edge.
18.VerbTo intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
19.VerbOf written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
20.VerbTo render light as a feather; to give wings to.
21.VerbTo enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
22.VerbTo tread, as a cockerel.
23.VerbTo move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
24.VerbTo accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
25.VerbTo touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
26.VerbTo move softly, like a feather.