Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fledge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fledge \Fledge\, a. [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G.
fl["u]gge, fl["u]cke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E.
fly. [root]84. See {Fly}, v. i.]
Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
His shoulders, fledge with wings. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fledge \Fledge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fledged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fledging}.]
1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers
necessary for flight.
The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift
for themselves. --L'Estrange.
2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fledge
v 1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
2: decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart [syn: {flight}]
3: grow feathers, of birds; "A fledgling sparrow fell out of
its nest" [syn: {feather}]
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