noun. Plumage.

noun. The feathers fitted to an arrow.

noun. A fringe of hair on an animal's coat, especially on a dog's leg.

noun. In violin-playing, a very light and delicate use of the bow.

noun. Plumage.

noun. The adjustment of feathers to an arrow, whether shaft or bolt. See arrow, vireton.

noun. In architecture, an arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting points or cusps, used as ornaments in the molding of arches, etc., in pointed medieval architecture; foliation. See cusp.

noun. Same as feather, 2 .

noun. In the aquatint process, the application of strong acid to the plate, to bite in dark touches. See aquatint.

noun. Same as foliation.

noun. 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 feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.

noun. A covering of feathers.

noun. the float or paddle of a feathering wheel.

noun. a screw propeller, of which the blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when the vessel is moving under sail alone.

noun. a paddle wheel whose floats turn automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.

verb. Present participle of feather.

noun. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

"CONAN: And as you point out, tarring and feathering is an expression."

double feathering  

rotary motion  rotation  

weathering  

blue grass  bow  brush-stroke  caftan  gamboling  

feather  foliation  

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