FEATHERBONE
Feath"er*bone`, n.
Defn: A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
FEATHER-BRAINED
Feath"er-brained, a.
Defn: Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]
FEATHERED
Feath"ered, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Shak. Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. Dr. J. Scott.
2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. (Her.)