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feathern en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English fetheren, plural of fether (“fether”), equivalent to feather + -en (plural marker).
Meanings
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(dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, plural) plural of feather
'Sit down, sit down, my master dear,
Write a love-letter hastily,
And put it in under my feathern gray,
And I'll away to southen land as fast as I can flee. […]'
1904, English and Scottish Ballads, page 204:"Youse two birds will be after pullin' th' tail feathern out av each other and litterin' up th' landscape with loud squawks."
1918, Electrical Merchandising Week, volumes 19-20, page 141:
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feathern en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology
From feather + -en.
Meanings
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(rare) Relating to or consisting of feathers.
From above looking down
Your black feathern crown
Why you always make a sound
Can't stand still chi chi man […]
2011, Lexy & K-Paul, “Like A Bird”, in Psycho:When the le-gator finished its feathern meal, it roared loudly, a roar that set all winged creatures to flight, and it slunk its bulk back into the water and swam out to the middle of the pond, its eyes and nostrils the only parts of its dragonserpent body above the waterline.
2013, Preston L. Allen, Every Boy Should Have a Man:It may still be prevalent in parti-colored breeds where excellence of feathern pattern seems enhanced by slow juvenile feather growth.
1978, Poultry Science, volume 56, page 875:
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