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Definition of Pinfeather
1. n. A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.
Definition of Pinfeather
1. Noun. A developing feather as it emerges through the skin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinfeather
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pinfeather
1. A feather not fully developed; especially, a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinfeather
Literary usage of Pinfeather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Zoology: An Introduction to the Study of Animals for Secondary by James Andrew Merrill (1902)
"Look among the feathers for an undeveloped feather, the "pinfeather. ... What do
the walls seem to be composed of? Cut across the pinfeather. ..."
2. Early Recollections of Newport, R. I.: From the Year 1793 to 1811 by George Gibbs Channing (1868)
"... while the poultry has been made ready, artistically trussed, every pinfeather
extracted, the fire charmingly ignited, the baster, salt-box, ..."
3. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"See N. sv pinfeather, and quotation from Prior in B. Yo'ir intellect is pen-feathered,
too weak- wing'd to soar so high. ..."
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