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feather British & World English

any of the flat appendages growing from a bird’s skin and forming its plumage, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs

feather bed British & World English

a bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers

feather-cut British & World English

cut (hair) into wispy feather-like points

pin feather British & World English

an immature feather, before the veins have expanded and while the shaft is full of fluid

feather-brain British & World English

a silly or absent-minded person

feather edge British & World English

a fine edge produced by tapering a board, plank, or other object

feather star British & World English

an echinoderm (marine invertebrate) with a small disc-like body, long feathery arms for feeding and movement, and short appendages for grasping the surface

tail feather British & World English

a strong flight feather of a bird’s tail

white feather British & World English

a white feather given to someone as a sign that the giver considers them a coward

contour feather British & World English

any of the mainly small feathers which form the outline of an adult bird’s plumage

feather duster British & World English

a long-handled brush with a head made of feathers, used for dusting

feather stitch British & World English

ornamental zigzag sewing

flight feather British & World English

any of the large primary or secondary feathers in a bird’s wing, supporting it in flight

primary feather British & World English

any of the largest flight feathers in a bird’s wing, growing from the manus

sickle feather British & World English

each of the long middle feathers of a cock’s tail

prince's feather British & World English

a tall South American plant with upright brush-like spikes of small red flowers

scapular feather British & World English

a feather covering the shoulder, growing above the region where the wing joins the body

secondary feather British & World English

any of the flight feathers growing from the second joint of a bird’s wing

feather one's own nest in feather British & World English

make money for oneself in an opportunistic or selfish way

tar and feather in tar1 British & World English

smear with tar and then cover with feathers as a punishment

as light as a feather in feather British & World English

extremely light and insubstantial

birds of a feather flock together in bird British & World English

people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together

feather-bed in feather bed British & World English

provide (someone) with excessively favourable economic or working conditions

feathercut in feather-cut British & World English

a hairstyle with wispy feather-like points

quill feather in quill British & World English

any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird

light2 British & World English

of little weight; not heavy

axillary feather in axillary British & World English

feathers growing from the axilla