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
an immature feather, before the veins have expanded and while the shaft is full of fluid
a fine edge produced by tapering a board, plank, or other object
an echinoderm (marine invertebrate) with a small disc-like body, long feathery arms for feeding and movement, and short appendages for grasping the surface
a white feather given to someone as a sign that the giver considers them a coward
any of the mainly small feathers which form the outline of an adult bird’s plumage
a long-handled brush with a head made of feathers, used for dusting
any of the large primary or secondary feathers in a bird’s wing, supporting it in flight
any of the largest flight feathers in a bird’s wing, growing from the manus
a tall South American plant with upright brush-like spikes of small red flowers
a feather covering the shoulder, growing above the region where the wing joins the body
any of the flight feathers growing from the second joint of a bird’s wing
make money for oneself in an opportunistic or selfish way
smear with tar and then cover with feathers as a punishment
people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together
provide (someone) with excessively favourable economic or working conditions
used to express great surprise