feather

the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

join tongue and groove, in carpentry

cover or fit with feathers

turn the paddle; in canoeing

turn the oar, while rowing

grow feathers

To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.