01 a. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
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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.
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Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.
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Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.(Zool.)
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Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.(Her.)