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’e:-zi, ‘I:-zi, ‘al-zi n. same meaning as aery. face fees n. that side of a kite which is usually seen from the ground when the kite is aloft, and which is toward the direction from which the wind is blowing; the front. fethers of a bird’s wing, lying in the axilla or arm-pit, close to the body. feather ‘fedoz v. [also spelt fether] 4. tr. furnish with fethers. 2. inti. move, wave, or float like fethers. 3. turn (an oar or blade), at a certain point in the stgoke, so that rt may pa thru the fluid edgeways. feather-border ‘fedaz,be:z-daz n. [also spelt fetherzborder] that part of the berder or margin of a bird’s wing which is beset or fringed with, or made up of, fethers; the berder or outline of the fethers (collect i vly) of a bird’s wing. feather dom ‘fedaz-dom n. [also spelt fetherdom] the relm of fetherd creatures; the fethery kingdom. feathered ‘fedezd adj. [also spelt fetherd] provided with or having fethers: as, the *fetherd tribe; *fetherd Mercury. feather-follicle ‘fedez,foli-kat n. [also spelt fetherzfollicle] one of the follicles or little pits in a bird’s skin which supports the base of the fetherzpapilla upon which the future fether 1s molded or generated. feather-germ ‘fedez,d3s8:zm n. [also spelt fetherzgerm] the germ from which a bird’s fether develops; the paprila. feathering ‘fedo-zin n. [also spelt fethering] the action of the verb feather; also, the fether, as of an arrow; the fethers collectrvly; the plumage; fetherzlike structure. feathering ‘fede-z1n adj. [also's pelt fethering] feathering movement, see feathering-movement. feathering-movement ‘fedezin,mouv-mont n. [also spelt fet he ring emove ment] a mode of wing-movement resembling the movement of an oar which 1s bering ‘fetherd’ or turnd at the end of the stroke and brought back thru the air edgewise; a movement characterized by an alternately flatwise and edgewise turning of the vanes, wings, or blades. feathering-paddle ‘fedezin,pedt n. [also spelt fet he ring paddle] one of the paddles or vanes, in a rotary or other apparatus, which have a fetherzng or alternately flatwise and edgewise motion, proposed for propelling or I:ftrng flying-machines; a fetherrng-vane. feathering-vane ‘fedezin,veen n. [also spelt fet he ring vane] one of the vanes or blades in a propelling-pheel proposed for airships, designed to move in a manner somewhat akin to the fetherrng-movement of oars; a fetherzngpaddle. featherle ‘fedoz-tos adj. [also spelt fet her le ] having no fethers; destitute of fethers; without plumage. feather-like ‘fedoz,laik adj. [also spelt fetherzlike] like or resembling a fether. ch008.xhtml **F**