Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A feather of a bird's wing next to the body.

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Examples

  • With the people of court the tongue is the artery of their withered life, the spiral-spring and flag-feather of their souls.

    Pearls of Thought Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

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