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Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

Fletch :: Fletch (v. t.) To feather, as an arrow..

Spall :: Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge..

Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees..

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers..

Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.

Bantam :: Bantam (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java..

Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..

Spaniel :: Spaniel (n.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker..

Feather :: Feather (n.) A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse..

Grouse :: Grouse (n. sing. & pl.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet..

Panache :: Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers..

Scissors-tailed :: Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.

Moult :: Moult (v. t.) To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed..

Pterylosis :: Pterylosis (n.) The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.

Flighted :: Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.

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