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Feathering   /fˈɛðərɪŋ/  /fˈɛðrɪŋ/   Listen
Feathering

noun
1.
Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls.  Synonym: feather.


Feather

verb
(past & past part. feathered; pres. part. feathering)
1.
Join tongue and groove, in carpentry.
2.
Cover or fit with feathers.
3.
Turn the paddle; in canoeing.  Synonym: square.
4.
Turn the oar, while rowing.  Synonym: square.
5.
Grow feathers.  Synonym: fledge.



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... noted for their perfect freedom from all restraints in thought, or speech, or deed; except, to be sure, the beneficent and wise influence of the majority, exerted, in case of need, through an institution known as "tarring and feathering," the exact nature of ...
— Collected Essays, Volume V - Science and Christian Tradition: Essays • T. H. Huxley


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