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Definition of Featheredge
1. Noun. A thin tapering edge.
Definition of Featheredge
1. n. The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.
Definition of Featheredge
1. [v -EDGED, -EDGING, -EDGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Featheredge
Literary usage of Featheredge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tailor Made Girl, Her Friends, Her Fashions and Her Follies by Philip Henry Welch (1888)
"Miss featheredge.—Oh, now, really ! But how clear and limpid the air ... That young
feller can mow a wider swath than any man I ever had— Miss featheredge. ..."
2. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society by Manchester Geological Society (1866)
"It is closely followed by the Rough Rock; both of which, together with the
featheredge coal, are well exposed in the Swinden valley, dipping at an angle of ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical by Robert Stuart (1854)
"Cover the same with inch deal battens, 2} inches wide, laid to a gauge for countess
slating, with proper featheredge eaves board, and tilting fillets 3 ..."
4. The Metropolitan (1842)
"... the floor of the featheredge coal at ... All the floors, with the exception
of the rock floor of the featheredge coal, ..."
5. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"Cloath- ed with feathers; fitted with feathers, carrying feathers. featheredge
... Belonging to a featheredge. ..."
6. Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work by Howard Monroe Raymond, American Technical Society (1917)
"253, it is almost impossible to form a fillet on each side of the tooth, as it
runs off to a thin featheredge which continually splinters and chips off; ..."
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