[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tar \tar\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tarred; p. pr.  vb. n.
   tarring.
   to smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar
   cloth.
   1913 webster

   to tar and feather a person. see under feather, v. t.
      1913 webster
see also:
tarred tarring to tar and feather a person feather 

[2] : 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 

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Dictionary.com/to feather one's nest
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Dictionary.com/to feather an oar
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Definition of Feathering from dictionary.net
...To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with ... Sir W. Scott.. 3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.] ... ..
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Definition of Feathered from dictionary.net
...To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with ... Sir W. Scott.. 3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.] ... ..
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feathered - definition by dict.die.net
...To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with ... 3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.] The Polonian ... ..
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ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913
...To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with ... To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear ... ..
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ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913
...... tar; as, to tar. ropes; to tar. cloth.. To tar and feather a person. ... Tar water. (a). A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. ( ... ..
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