Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An erroneous form of pin-feather.
  • noun A large feather; a quill-feather; a pen.

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Examples

  • I trow he will hae lost the best pen-feather o 'his wing before to-morrow morning.

    The Black Dwarf 1898

  • I trow he will hae lost the best pen-feather o 'his wing before to-morrow morning.

    The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801

  • I trow he will hae lost the best pen-feather o’ his wing before tomorrow morning. —

    The Black Dwarf 2004

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