Found 3 hits - Term: feathering, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
feather \feath"er\, v. t. imp. p. p. feathered; p. pr.
vb. n. feathering.
1. to furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a
cap.
1913 webster
an eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow
feathered from her own wing. --l'estrange.
1913 webster
2. to adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
1913 webster
a few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow
ravines. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
3. to render light as a feather; to give wings to.r.
1913 webster
the polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious
hours. --loveday.
1913 webster
4. to enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
1913 webster
they stuck not to say that the king cared not to
plume his nobility and people to feather himself.
--bacon.
--dryden.
1913 webster
5. to tread, as a cock. --dryden.
1913 webster
to feather one's nest, to provide for one's self especially
from property belonging to another, confided to one's
care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds
which collect feathers for the lining of their nests.
to feather an oar naut, to turn it when it leaves the
water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the
least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke.
to tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and
cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.
1913 webster
see also:
feathered feathering. to feather one's nest to feather an oar to tar and feather a person
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
feathering \feath"ering\, n.
1. arch. same as foliation.
1913 webster
2. the act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from
the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal
position. see to feather an oar, under feather, v. t.
1913 webster
3. a covering of feathers.
1913 webster
feathering float naut., the float or paddle of a
feathering wheel.
feathering screw naut., a screw propeller, of which the
blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the
water when the vessel is moving under sail alone.
feathering wheel naut., a paddle wheel whose floats turn
automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the
water and leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on
the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.
1913 webster
see also:
foliation to feather an oar feather feathering float feathering screw feathering wheel
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
feathering
n : turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls syn: feather
see also:
feather
Results 1 - 10 of 18 found about feathering: Feathering soft edges, vignettes in Photoshop
...feathering. is what you want to use... The Gentle Art of Feathering. ... of feathering. You can also set the amount of feathering by using the ... ..
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/feathering.html, score=100, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 4:07 am Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips - Feathering
...You should bear this in mind when using feathering on portions of ... A seven pixel feathering of a selection in a 72 dpi image would be ten ... ..
http://www.arraich.com/ref/feathering.htm, score=79, date indexed=December 10, 2005, 6:07 am ZCAR.COM | 350Z Forum - Ignorant question re:feathering
...No feathering other than the most minute cupping up that can probably ... Depending on the tire compound. However, feathering is due to an ... ..
http://www.zcar.com/forums/read.php?f=5&i=124352&t=124352, score=75, date indexed=January 3, 2006, 9:01 pm ZCAR.COM | 350Z Forum - Is feathering that bad??!!?
...... of the entire car just because of tire feathering? tire feathering is ... until those tires wear out.. The feathering happens on the original ... ..
http://www.zcar.com/forums/read.php?f=5&i=136737&t=136737, score=65, date indexed=November 16, 2005, 12:11 pm Paint Shop Pro Tutorials [ Feathering a Selection ]
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http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/feather.htm, score=63, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 12:01 pm Seahawk: Feathering, Folding or Fixed Propeller?
...Feathering, Folding or Fixed?. Feathering Propellers. Folding ... Feathering, Folding or Fixed?. The three most commonly used propellers ... ..
http://www.seahawk.com.au/content/fff.htm, score=61, date indexed=December 11, 2005, 12:33 am VWvortex Forums: Rear tires feathering / Cupping (Searched)
...Golf IV & Jetta IV. Rear tires feathering / Cupping (Searched) [ ... Re: Rear tires feathering / Cupping (John Edward). ». « » 3:26 PM 2-8- ... ..
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1811465&postid=18665369#18665369, score=60, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 6:15 am VWvortex Forums: Rear tires feathering / Cupping (Searched)
...Golf IV & Jetta IV. Rear tires feathering / Cupping (Searched) [ ... Re: Rear tires feathering / Cupping (John Edward). ». « » 3:26 PM 2-8- ... ..
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1811465, score=60, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 4:34 pm The Denbigh Project: The Feathering Wheel
...Denbigh. 's feathering wheel.. The feathering paddlewheel was first ... Denbigh. 's feathering sidewheel.. Feathering sidewheels quickly lost ... ..
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/projects/denbigh/WHEEL.HTM, score=57, date indexed=January 3, 2006, 6:28 pm feathering, sailing upwind
...M/V OSTKAP DWAT 8020 geared singledeck/bulkcarrier feathering, sailing ... feathering, sailing upwind ... ..
http://www.maritimecentral.com/s/70067/feathering,_sailing_upwind.htm, score=52, date indexed=November 18, 2005, 5:02 pm
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