feather (in Tw.N. III. i. 72 almost = bird)
1.
kind of plumage
3H6 III. iii. 161
“birds of self-same
”
; fig. “of that ,” of
such a kind Tim. I. i. 101.
2.
pl. wings
John IV. ii. 174
“set f-s to thy
heels,”
Rom. I. iv. 20
“To soar with his light
f-s,”
Lucr. 1216.
3.
used with ref. to the
wearing of plumes in hats
H8 I. iii. 25
“those remnants Of fool
and ”
; so “plume of
f-s,” trifling person, coxcomb LLL. IV. i. 97.
