Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preened"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preen \Preen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Preening}.] [See {Preen}, n.; or cf. {Prune}.]
1. To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with
the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds. --Derham.
2. To trim up, as trees. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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