From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Feather \Feath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Feathering.}]
1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a
cap.
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An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow
feathered from her own wing. --L'Estrange.
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2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
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A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow
ravines. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.]
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The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious
hours. --Loveday.
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4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
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They stuck not to say that the king cared not to
plume his nobility and people to feather himself.
--Bacon.
--Dryden.
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5. To tread, as a cock. --Dryden.
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{To feather one's nest}, to provide for one's self especially
from property belonging to another, confided to one's
care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds
which collect feathers for the lining of their nests.
{To feather an oar} (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the
water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the
least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke.
{To tar and feather a person}, to smear him with tar and
cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Feathered \Feath"ered\, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or
wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
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Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. --Shak.
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Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases
and pointed with pathetic accent. --Dr. J.
Scott.
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2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed;
as, land feathered with trees.
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3. (Zool.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of
certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
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4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the
feathers are of a tincture different from that of the
shaft.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feathered
adj 1: adorned with feathers or plumes [syn: {feathery},
{feathered}, {plumy}]
2: having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends"
[ant: {featherless}, {unfeathered}]
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