Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feathery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Feathery \Feath"er*y\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as
with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. --Milton.
Ye feathery people of mid air. --Barry
Cornwall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
feathery
adj 1: suggestive of feathers in lightness; "feathery snowflakes"
[syn: {featherlike}]
2: resembling a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"
[syn: {featherlike}]
3: characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery
congregaton of jays"
4: adorned with feathers or plumes [syn: {feathered}, {plumy}]
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