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"Section F, G and H"


Feath"er*less, a. Destitute of
feathers.


Feath"er*ly, a. Like
feathers.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.


Feath"er-pat"ed (?), a. Feather-
headed; frivolous.
[Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.


Feath"er-veined` (?), a. (Bot.)
Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a
midrib.


Feath"er*y (?), a. Pertaining to,
or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as,
feathery spray or snow.
Milton.


Ye feathery people of mid air.

Barry Cornwall.


Feat"ly (?), adv. [From Feat,
a.] Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.
[Archaic]


Foot featly here and there.

Shak.


Feat"ness, n. Skill;
adroitness.
[Archaic] Johnson.


Fea"ture (?; 135), n. [OE.
feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make,
fr.


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