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The state or condition of being feathery.

, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.

Destitute of feathers.

Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The state or condition of being feathery.

A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

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.

Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic] Foot featly here and there. Shak.

Skill; adroitness. [Archaic] Johnson.

person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. What needeth it his feature to descrive Chaucer. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Shak.

Shaped; fashioned. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak.

Having no distinct or distinctive features.

Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [R.] Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge.

One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator. Reason, by which we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes. I. Watts.

A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.

Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

Having pits or depressions; pitted.

Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.

The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git, gate.]

To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.]