feathering

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feathering

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of feather

noun featherings

  1. countable, uncountable Plumage.
  2. countable, uncountable A feathered texture. The whole flower is very small; the tube is faintly marked with lilac lines; the petals are concave, the three outer white, marked with three lines, the middle one narrow, without featherings, the outer ones broader, and neatly feathered […]
  3. countable, uncountable The fitting of feathers to arrows.
  4. countable, uncountable An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
  5. countable, uncountable Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.

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@misc{feathering_2026,
  title = {feathering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feathering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}