befeather

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befeather

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From be- + feather.

verb befeathers · befeathering · befeathered

  1. transitive To deck or cover with feathers. The men were not ill made, but they disfigured themselves with grease and coarse paint; they were of a dark copper-colour, with lank black hair, which they tied in a knot behind; but they so bepowdered, or rather befeathered it with down, that the colour was hardly discernible […]

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@misc{befeather_2026,
  title = {befeather},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/befeather},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}