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I am not of that feather to shake off

My friend when he must need me.

3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the
setter and some other dogs.

4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on
a horse.

5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of
an arrow.

6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal
strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to
enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement
sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

7. A thin wedge driven between the two
semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone,
to rend the stone. Knight.

8. The angular adjustment of an oar or
paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves
or enters the water.

&fist; Feather is used adjectively or in combination,
meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or
feathers; as, feather fan, feather-heeled,
feather duster.


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