featheredge (fernerej)

An edge as thin as a feather; the thinner edge, as of a board or plank; the shallow edge of the furrow of a millstone, etc.- Feather-edge boards. See feather -edged. -Feather-edge file. See filel. feather-edge (feTH'er-ej), v. t. [ A small shaving from the flesh side is taken off by a Harper's Mag., LXX. 282. feather- edging machine. The boards were carefully feather - edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain. Thoreau, Walden, p. 49. 1. Having a feather-edged (ferH'er-ejd), a. thin edge.-2. Havi Having an ornamental edging composed of loops or tufts: said of ribbons.Feather-edged boards, boards made thin on one edge. They are used to form the facings of wooden walls, as those of cottages, outhouses, etc., and are placed with the thick edge uppermost and the thin edge overlapping a part of the next lower board. See clapboard.-Featheredged brick, coping, etc. See the nouns. feathered-shot, n. See feather - shot. feather few (feTH'er-fu), n. A corruption of feverfew. [Prov. Eng.] An angler