Feathered
Pronunciation : Feath"ered
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. (Her.)
Defn: Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913