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y, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings. Fuller. Sick bay (Naut.), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital. -- Sick bed, the bed upon which a person lies sick. -- Sick berth, an apartment for the sick in a ship of war. -- Sick head…

nt, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.

ll dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.

The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.

nsects of the family Hippoboscidæ. They are mostly destitute of wings, and live among the feathers of birds and the hair of bats. Called also bird tick, and bat tick. -- Spider hunter (Zoöl.), any one of several species of East Indian sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera. -- Spider lines, filaments of a spider's web cr…

s of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

haft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.

Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.

A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

The entire central axis of a feather.

Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

A newly sprouted feather.

To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.

A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.

To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]. Milton. Summing up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a résumé; a summary.

of the genus Heliangelos, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. -- Sun animalcute. (Zoöl.) See Heliozoa. -- Sun bath (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. -- Sun bear (Zoöl.), a species of bear (Helarctos Malayanus) native of Southern Asia and…

le, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. -- Superb warber. (Zoöl.) See Blue wren, under Wren. -- Su*perb"ly, adv. -- Su*perb"ness,…

Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of birds. -- n.

Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird. -- n.