Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Feat-bodied

Feat″–bod′ied (?), a. Having a feat or trim body. Beau. & Fl.

677

Feateous

Feat″e‐ous (?), a. [Cf. OF. faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, L. facticius made by art.] Dexterous; neat. Johnson.— Feat″e‐ous‐ly, adv.

678

Feather

Feath″er (fĕt͡h″ẽr), n. [OE. fether, AS. feðer; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fjöðr, Sw. fjäder, Dan. fjæder, Gr. πτερόν wing, feather, πέτεσθαι to fly, Skr. pa...

679

Feather (2)

Feath″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Feathered (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Feathering.] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.An eagle had the ill hap to be struck ...

680

Feather (3)

Feath″er, v. i. 1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; — often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float abou...

681

Feather-brained

Feath″er–brained′ (?), a. Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed.

682

Feather-edge

Feath″er–edge′ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor.

683

Feather-edged

Feath″er–edged′ (?), a. 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 ...

684

Feather-few

Feath″er–few (?), n.(Bot.) Feverfew.

685

Feather-foil

Feath″er–foil′ (?), n. [Feather + foil a leaf.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

686

Feather-head

Feath″er–head′ (?), n. A frivolous or featherbrained person. H. James.

687

Feather-headed

Feath″er–head′ed (?), a. Giddy; frivolous; foolish. G. Eliot.

688

Feather-heeled

Feath″er–heeled′ (?), a. Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

689

Feather-pated

Feath″er–pat″ed (?), a. Feather-headed; frivolous. Sir W. Scott.

690

Feather-veined

Feath″er–veined′ (?), a.(Bot.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

691

Featherbone

Feath″er‐bone′ (?), n. A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

692

Feathered

Feath″ered (?), a. 1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Sha...

693

Featheriness

Feath″er‐i‐ness (?), n. The state or condition of being feathery.

694

Feathering

Feath″er‐ing, n. 1. (Arch.) Same as Foliation.2. The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To ...

695

Featherless

Feath″er‐less, a. Destitute of feathers.

696

Featherly

Feath″er‐ly, a. Like feathers. Sir T. Browne.

697

Featherstitch

Feath″er‐stitch′ (?), n. A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

698

Feathery

Feath″er‐y (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. Milton.Ye feathery people of mid air. Barry Cornwall.

699

Featly

Feat″ly (?), adv. [From Feat, a.] Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.Foot featly here and there. Shak.

700

Featness

Feat″ness, n. Skill; adroitness. Johnson.

701

Feature

Fea″ture (?; 135), n. [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Factu...

702

Featured

Fea″tured (?; 135), a. 1. Shaped; fashioned.How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak.2. Having features; formed into features.The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Y...