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  • 31To cut a feather — Feather Feath er (f[e^][th] [ e]r), n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[eth]er; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[ o][eth]r, Sw. fj[ a]der, Dan. fj[ae]der, Gr. ptero n wing, feather, pe tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32To show the white feather — Feather Feath er (f[e^][th] [ e]r), n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[eth]er; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[ o][eth]r, Sw. fj[ a]der, Dan. fj[ae]der, Gr. ptero n wing, feather, pe tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 33Feather River Route — The Feather River Route is a rail line that was built and operated by the Western Pacific Railroad. It was constructed between 1906 and 1909, and connects the cities of Oakland, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The line was built to compete… …

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  • 34Feather — For other uses, see Feather (disambiguation). Feather variations Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and some theropod dinosaurs. They are considered the most complex… …

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  • 35feather — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, Latin petere to go to, seek, Greek petesthai to fly, piptein to fall, pteron wing Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of the light horny epidermal… …

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  • 36Feather Boy — infobox Book | name = Feather Boy image caption = First edition cover author = Nicky Singer illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Children s publisher = Collins pub date = 1 January 2002 pages …

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  • 37feather — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plume, plumage, down, aigrette, quill; kind, sort, variety. See covering, difference, class, roughness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quill, plume, plumage, shaft, down, fin, wing, calamus, tuft, crest,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38Feather —   In a wind energy conversion system, to pitch the turbine blades so as to reduce their lift capacity as a method of shutting down the turbine during high wind speeds …

    Energy terms

  • 39Fresno Christian High School — Newspaper Fresno Christian s award winning newspaper, The Feather, is currently advised by Greg D. Stobbe (11th year). He is also a board member of the [http://www.jeanc.org Journalism Education Association] . The newspaper staff is led by editor …

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  • 40Down feather — The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Powder down is a specialized type of down found only in a few groups of birds. Down is a fine thermal insulator and… …

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