feathered

feathered
/fedh"euhrd/, adj.
1. clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
2. quick; rapid; speedy; swift: feathered feet.
3. (of a veneer) cut to show a figure resembling a plume.
[bef. 1000; ME fethered, OE gefetherede, see FEATHER, -ED3]

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