FEATHER
ADJECTIVES
► IMPLUMED unfeathered, unfledged; deprived of feathers → 1604
► IMPLUMOUS unfeathered, unfledged; deprived of feathers → 1755 obs.
► PLUMATILE made of feathers → 1715 obs.
NOUNS
► BUSHMENT a bushy formation of feathers → 1555 obs.
► FEATHERET a small feather → 1882
► FEATHERHAM a covering or appendage of feathers; plumage, wings → 800 obs.
► FEATHERLET a small feather → 1834
► GANDER’S WOOL feathers → 1600
► GOOSE HAIR goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these → 1887 Amer. dial.
► PTERONOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of feathers → 1991 (Bk.)
► TIDDLER a feather or feather-brush for tickling → 1900 sl.
► TOPPET a tuft or crest of hair or feathers → 1776 Eng. dial.
► ULLYA-PLUCK wool, hair, or feathers as remains of the carcass of an animal or bird → 1897 Sc.
► VANE the web of a feather → 1713
VERBS
► IMPLUME to pull off the feathers → 1604 obs.
► PARKEN to ruffle up the feathers → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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