To the more mature, A glass that feated them.
Shak.
Feat, a. [Compar. Feater (?); superl. Featest.] [F. fait made, shaped,
fit, p. p. of faire to make or do. See Feat, n.] Dexterous in movements
or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic]
Never master had a page . . . so feat.
Shak.
And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much feater than
before.
Shak.
Feat"-bod`ied (?), a. Having a feat or trim body. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Feat"e*ous (?), a. [Cf. OF. faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, L.
facticius made by art.] Dexterous; neat. [Obs.] Johnson.
-- Feat"e*ous*ly, adv.
Feath"er (f"r), n. [OE. fether, AS. feer; akin to D. veder, OHG.
fedara, G. feder, Icel. fjˆr, Sw. fj‰der, Dan. fjÊder, Gr. ptero`n
wing, feather, pe`tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly,
and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. √76, 248. Cf. Pen a
feather.] 1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,
belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the
stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem;
the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series
of slender laminÊ or barbs, which usually bear barbules, which in turn
usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are
fastened together. See Down, Quill, Plumage.
2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a
feather," that is, of the same species. [R.]
I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need
me.
Shak.
3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other
dogs.