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feathered
CIDE DICTIONARY
feathered, a.
- Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. [1913 Webster]"Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury." [1913 Webster]"Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent." [1913 Webster]
- Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees. [1913 Webster]
- Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog. [1913 Webster]
- Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
feathered
adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled, beribboned, bespangled, decked out, decorated, embellished, festooned, figured, flowered, garnished, jeweled, ornamented, plumed, spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed, wreathedFor further exploring for "feathered" in Webster Dictionary Online