Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deck with feathers.
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- verb transitive To deck or cover with
feathers .
Etymologies
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From be- + feather.
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Examples
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He was too old and fat to go afoot; but Johnson lent him a horse, which he bestrode, and trotted to the head of the column, followed by two hundred of his warriors as fast as they could grease, paint, and befeather themselves.
Montcalm and Wolfe Francis Parkman 1858
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