feathering 音标拼音: [f'ɛðɚɪŋ] [f'ɛðrɪŋ]
n . 附装羽毛状;羽毛箭
附装羽毛状;羽毛箭
feathering n 1 :
turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls [
synonym :
{
feather }, {
feathering }]
Feather \
Feath "
er \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Feathered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Feathering .}]
1 .
To furnish with a feather or feathers ,
as an arrow or a cap .
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An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing . --
L '
Estrange .
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2 .
To adorn ,
as with feathers ;
to fringe .
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A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
To render light as a feather ;
to give wings to .[
R .]
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The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious hours . --
Loveday .
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4 .
To enrich ;
to exalt ;
to benefit .
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They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself .
--
Bacon .
--
Dryden .
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5 .
To tread ,
as a cock . --
Dryden .
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{
To feather one '
s nest },
to provide for one '
s self especially from property belonging to another ,
confided to one '
s care ; --
an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests .
{
To feather an oar } (
Naut ),
to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke .
{
To tar and feather a person },
to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers ,
as a punishment or an indignity .
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Feathering \
Feath "
er *
ing \,
n .
1 . (
Arch .)
Same as {
Foliation }.
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2 .
The act of turning the blade of the oar ,
as it rises from the water in rowing ,
from a vertical to a horizontal position .
See {
To feather an oar },
under {
Feather },
v .
t .
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3 .
A covering of feathers .
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{
Feathering float } (
Naut .),
the float or paddle of a feathering wheel .
{
Feathering screw } (
Naut .),
a screw propeller ,
of which the blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when the vessel is moving under sail alone .
{
Feathering wheel } (
Naut .),
a paddle wheel whose floats turn automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and leave in it the same way ,
avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent .
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