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To feather an oar | Feather \Feath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. [1913 Webster] An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe. [1913 Webster] A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.] [1913 Webster] The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious hours. --Loveday. [1913 Webster] 4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit. [1913 Webster] They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself. --Bacon. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. To tread, as a cock. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {To feather one's nest}, to provide for one's self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one's care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests. {To feather an oar} (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke. {To tar and feather a person}, to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity. [1913 Webster] |
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