Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strip or denude of feathers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To deprive of feathers; to strip.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To strip of
feathers .
Etymologies
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un- + feather
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Examples
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I will love him that shall trace or unfeather me; I meane through clearenesse of judgement, and by the only distinction of the force and beautie of my discourses.
Of Bookes. 1909
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Why are the communist given unfeather access to the US market.
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I will love him that shal trace or unfeather me; I meane through clearenesse of judgement, and by the onely distinction of the force and beautie of my discourses.
Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Various 1562
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