Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fledged"
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)
fledged
adj 1: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used
in combination [syn: {mature}] [ant: {unfledged}]
2: (of an arrow) equipped with feathers [syn: {vaned}]
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