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Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.

A feather; a quill. Shak.

Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. Pinnated grouse (Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.

Shaped like a fin or feather. Sir J. Hill.

f or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. Golds…

may be attached. [U. S.] -- Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. -- Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7. -- Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. -- Plug rod (Stea…

A feather.

A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.

One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. Wings . . . of many a colored plume. Milton.

An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.

Feathered; having feathers. Bailey

Having the of a plume or feather. [R.]

Having feet covered with feathers. -- n.

Having feathers or plumes.

A down feather.

A down feather.

Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.

Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. "His plumy crest." Addison. "The plumy trees." J. S. Blackie.

(Zoöl.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.