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A covering of feathers. Feathering float (Naut.), the float or paddle of a feathering wheel. -- Feathering screw (Naut.), 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. -- Feathering wheel (Naut.), a paddle wheel whose floats t…

Destitute of feathers.

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

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.

proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.

lity. A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. Garrick. Tenderness for the feelings of others. Macaulay.

Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. Sir J. Herschel.

s restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle. Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. Pepys.

uous. Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails Shak. The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.

Figure; dress; array. [Colloq.] Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras Prof. Wilson.

n. Sir H. Wotton. File firing, the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others. -- File leader, the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him. -- File marching, the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march sid…

To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit. [R.] Goldsmith.

oth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. -- Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics. -- Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. Raymond.

trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus.

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Bouvier.

ally, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.

A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.