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Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. Hfledge with wings. Milton.

A young bird just fledged.

Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. Dryden.

Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden.

nct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.

A nesting or unfledged Lird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to pr Shak J. H. Walsh

An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] Holland.

Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.

A young or unfledged goose.

An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished. Ford.

h awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping. The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. L'Estrange.

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

A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [Prov. Eng.]

ers) 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.