featheringn.

/ˈfɛðərɪŋ/

Etymology: < feather v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of feather v. in various senses.

ΚΠ

1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 27 That bird of whom Suidas speaks, which dies in the very act of his feathering.

1775 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 26 North Carolina is left out..because it furnishes tar for feathering.

1875 Sharpe in Encycl. Brit. II. 372 This king [Henry V of England] directed the sheriffs of counties to take six wing-feathers from every goose for the feathering of arrows.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. iv. 59 Rowing their short, deep stroke, without any feathering, but in perfect time.

b. Arboriculture (see quot. 1827).

ΚΠ

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 237 What the workmen call ‘the feathering’, that is, the position of the capillary rootlets upon the primary rootlets or branches, which are always found pointing outwards from the body of the Tree.

c. The action of feathering the floats of a paddle-wheel or the blades of a propeller (see feather v. 11b, 11c); also, an angular motion of a revolving rotor blade about its axis, producing a continual variation in its pitch. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > feathering paddle-wheel floats

feathering1850

society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > feathering propeller blades

feathering1909

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > parts of rotary wing aircraft > rotor > operation or condition of rotor

autorotation1908

coning1931

flapping1937

windmill brake state1948

feathering1970

1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 447 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI Many applications have been made based upon alleged novelties in the feathering of the vertical float paddle wheel.

1909 A. E. Seaton Screw Propeller xi. 162 Flat blades..have been tried on propellers where complete feathering..is required for efficient sailing.

1955 J. Shapiro Princ. Helicopter Engin. iii. 173 In most rotors the blades are constrained in pitch by the control linkage and the problem of evaluating free feathering motion does not arise.

1962 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) v. 16 Feathering hinge, a blade pivot which allows the blade pitch angle to be varied.

1970 A. C. Kermode Flight without Formulae (ed. 4) 202 Feathering means turning the blades so that, when the propeller is stopped, they offer the least resistance.

d. Of cream: see feather v. 8b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee > cream rising to surface

feathering1928

1928 Jrnl. Dairy Sci. 11 249 The formation of a flocculent coagulum, known as feathering, when sweet cream is added to hot coffee, is a problem of considerable commercial importance.

1928 Jrnl. Dairy Sci. 11 249 The acidity of the product is an important factor in the feathering phenomenon.

1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 465 Feathering of cream, a term applied to the flocculation of fat, etc., on the surface of tea or coffee, particularly with homogenised milk.

e. The spreading of ink on paper, resulting in printed or written matter having a blurred appearance.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > manner or style of printing > [noun] > blurring or smudging

slurring1660

feathering1942

society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [noun] > spreading of ink on paper

feathering1942

1942 J. Grant Lab. Handbk. Pulp & Paper Manuf. 120 To prevent the spreading (or ‘feathering’) of writing ink on paper.

1959 New Scientist 23 Apr. 930/1 This [sc. an ink containing an additive] could be used in concentration and still did not cause feathering.

1963 W. C. Kenneison & A. J. B. Spilman Dict. Printing 63 Feathering…may be caused by using an unsuitable paper or ink.

a. In various concrete senses: The plumage of birds; the feather of an arrow; feather-like structure in the coat of an animal.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > feathered part > feathers

feathering1530

feather1622

plume1808

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > collective or plumage

featherhama800

plumeOE

plumagec1395

feathera1400

shrouda1400

hacklea1450

plomaylec1475

pennage1591

gander's wool1600

feathering1721

plumery1795

plumeletage1855

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > featherlike structure on coat

feathering1885

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 219/1 Fedderyng of a shafte.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 57 The Beauty of whose Shells..is as remarkable as the diversity of Feathering in Birds.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxi. 268 The ptarmigan shows a singular backwardness in assuming the summer feathering.

1875 G. W. Dasent Vikings I. 46 An arrow on which a golden thread was twisted in the feathering.

1885 Cent. Mag. 31 121 His [the Irish setter's] coat..where it extends into what is technically known as feathering, is like spun silk in quality.

1891 J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India viii. 199 In Indian horse lore the set of these featherings..ending sometimes in circles or whorls, are all mapped out like currents on a mariner's chart.

b. Architecture (see quot. 1876).

ΚΠ

1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 132 The parts of tracery are ornamented with small arches and points, which is called feathering, or foliation.

1854 J. L. Petit Archit. Stud. France 84 Some windows of a single light, with a free trefoil feathering in the head.

1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1242 Featherings, the cusps, plain or decorated, at the ends of a foil in tracery.

c. Horticulture. A feather-like marking or pencilling in a flower.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [noun]

note1578

feathering1833

1833 Hogg Suppl. Florists' Flowers 25 The feathering elegant and various, heavy and light, close in some [Tulips], and slightly broken in others.

1882 The Garden 28 Jan. 67/1 The outer surface..suffused with purple featherings.

3. attributive.

ΚΠ

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly May 879/1 I have established a pair of well-pronounced feathering-calluses on my thumbs.

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. ii. 407 Whereby a ‘feathering movement’ is effected.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

featheringadj.

/ˈfɛðərɪŋ/

Etymology: < feathery adj. + -ing suffix².

a. That feathers; in senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful and lively > of wit

feathering1839

1789 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (ed. 2) 93 The ruins..with the feathering foliage.

1839 M. F. Ossoli in Mem. (1862) I. 260 His wit is so truly French in its..sparkling, feathering vivacity.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur iii. xxvii Where o'er the space the feathering branches bend.

b. Of an oar, paddle-wheel, float, etc.: see feather v. 11.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [adjective] > rowing > feathering or feathered

featheringa1740

feathered1812

a1740 Tickell in Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) The feathering oar returns the gleam.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Feathering-paddles.

1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 278 Feathering paddle~wheel shafts are sometimes carried on brackets secured to the ship's side.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Feathering Paddle-wheel, a wheel whose floats have a motion on an axis, so as to descend nearly vertically into the water and ascend the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.

c. Of the propeller of a ship or an aeroplane: see feather v. 11c.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [adjective] > types of propeller

feathering1885

variable-pitch1912

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [adjective] > types of propeller

feathering1909

reversible-pitch1919

adjustable pitch1934

coaxial1934

1885 A. E. Seaton Man. Marine Engin. (ed. 4) xv. 298 A feathering screw.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 4/2 The feathering propeller..for airship work will no doubt appeal..as a means whereby the pitch can be altered.

1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. ii. 141 We have obtained the longitudinal stability of the aeroplane by the use of the ‘feathering tail’.

1939 Flight 28 Sept. p. h Blade root cuffs are being fitted by the Curtiss concern to their electrically controlled, fully feathering airscrew.

1968 A. J. Jackson Blackburn Aircraft 465 Four Hercules engines installed as self-contained power plants driving 14-ft diameter four-bladed Rotol constant-speed, feathering and reversible-pitch airscrews.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	feathering
释义	featheringn. /ˈfɛðərɪŋ/ Etymology: < feather v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of feather v. in various senses. ΚΠ 1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 27 That bird of whom Suidas speaks, which dies in the very act of his feathering. 1775 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 26 North Carolina is left out..because it furnishes tar for feathering. 1875 Sharpe in Encycl. Brit. II. 372 This king [Henry V of England] directed the sheriffs of counties to take six wing-feathers from every goose for the feathering of arrows. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. iv. 59 Rowing their short, deep stroke, without any feathering, but in perfect time. b. Arboriculture (see quot. 1827). ΚΠ 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 237 What the workmen call ‘the feathering’, that is, the position of the capillary rootlets upon the primary rootlets or branches, which are always found pointing outwards from the body of the Tree. c. The action of feathering the floats of a paddle-wheel or the blades of a propeller (see feather v. 11b, 11c); also, an angular motion of a revolving rotor blade about its axis, producing a continual variation in its pitch. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > feathering paddle-wheel floats feathering1850 society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > feathering propeller blades feathering1909 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > parts of rotary wing aircraft > rotor > operation or condition of rotor autorotation1908 coning1931 flapping1937 windmill brake state1948 feathering1970 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 447 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI Many applications have been made based upon alleged novelties in the feathering of the vertical float paddle wheel. 1909 A. E. Seaton Screw Propeller xi. 162 Flat blades..have been tried on propellers where complete feathering..is required for efficient sailing. 1955 J. Shapiro Princ. Helicopter Engin. iii. 173 In most rotors the blades are constrained in pitch by the control linkage and the problem of evaluating free feathering motion does not arise. 1962 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) v. 16 Feathering hinge, a blade pivot which allows the blade pitch angle to be varied. 1970 A. C. Kermode Flight without Formulae (ed. 4) 202 Feathering means turning the blades so that, when the propeller is stopped, they offer the least resistance. d. Of cream: see feather v. 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee > cream rising to surface feathering1928 1928 Jrnl. Dairy Sci. 11 249 The formation of a flocculent coagulum, known as feathering, when sweet cream is added to hot coffee, is a problem of considerable commercial importance. 1928 Jrnl. Dairy Sci. 11 249 The acidity of the product is an important factor in the feathering phenomenon. 1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 465 Feathering of cream, a term applied to the flocculation of fat, etc., on the surface of tea or coffee, particularly with homogenised milk. e. The spreading of ink on paper, resulting in printed or written matter having a blurred appearance. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > manner or style of printing > [noun] > blurring or smudging slurring1660 feathering1942 society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [noun] > spreading of ink on paper feathering1942 1942 J. Grant Lab. Handbk. Pulp & Paper Manuf. 120 To prevent the spreading (or ‘feathering’) of writing ink on paper. 1959 New Scientist 23 Apr. 930/1 This [sc. an ink containing an additive] could be used in concentration and still did not cause feathering. 1963 W. C. Kenneison & A. J. B. Spilman Dict. Printing 63 Feathering…may be caused by using an unsuitable paper or ink. 2. a. In various concrete senses: The plumage of birds; the feather of an arrow; feather-like structure in the coat of an animal. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > feathered part > feathers feathering1530 feather1622 plume1808 the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > collective or plumage featherhama800 plumeOE plumagec1395 feathera1400 shrouda1400 hacklea1450 plomaylec1475 pennage1591 gander's wool1600 feathering1721 plumery1795 plumeletage1855 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > featherlike structure on coat feathering1885 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 219/1 Fedderyng of a shafte. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 57 The Beauty of whose Shells..is as remarkable as the diversity of Feathering in Birds. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxi. 268 The ptarmigan shows a singular backwardness in assuming the summer feathering. 1875 G. W. Dasent Vikings I. 46 An arrow on which a golden thread was twisted in the feathering. 1885 Cent. Mag. 31 121 His [the Irish setter's] coat..where it extends into what is technically known as feathering, is like spun silk in quality. 1891 J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India viii. 199 In Indian horse lore the set of these featherings..ending sometimes in circles or whorls, are all mapped out like currents on a mariner's chart. b. Architecture (see quot. 1876). ΚΠ 1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 132 The parts of tracery are ornamented with small arches and points, which is called feathering, or foliation. 1854 J. L. Petit Archit. Stud. France 84 Some windows of a single light, with a free trefoil feathering in the head. 1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1242 Featherings, the cusps, plain or decorated, at the ends of a foil in tracery. c. Horticulture. A feather-like marking or pencilling in a flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [noun] note1578 feathering1833 1833 Hogg Suppl. Florists' Flowers 25 The feathering elegant and various, heavy and light, close in some [Tulips], and slightly broken in others. 1882 The Garden 28 Jan. 67/1 The outer surface..suffused with purple featherings. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly May 879/1 I have established a pair of well-pronounced feathering-calluses on my thumbs. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. ii. 407 Whereby a ‘feathering movement’ is effected. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). featheringadj. /ˈfɛðərɪŋ/ Etymology: < feathery adj. + -ing suffix². a. That feathers; in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful and lively > of wit feathering1839 1789 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (ed. 2) 93 The ruins..with the feathering foliage. 1839 M. F. Ossoli in Mem. (1862) I. 260 His wit is so truly French in its..sparkling, feathering vivacity. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur iii. xxvii Where o'er the space the feathering branches bend. b. Of an oar, paddle-wheel, float, etc.: see feather v. 11. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [adjective] > rowing > feathering or feathered featheringa1740 feathered1812 a1740 Tickell in Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) The feathering oar returns the gleam. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Feathering-paddles. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 278 Feathering paddle~wheel shafts are sometimes carried on brackets secured to the ship's side. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Feathering Paddle-wheel, a wheel whose floats have a motion on an axis, so as to descend nearly vertically into the water and ascend the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent. c. Of the propeller of a ship or an aeroplane: see feather v. 11c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [adjective] > types of propeller feathering1885 variable-pitch1912 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [adjective] > types of propeller feathering1909 reversible-pitch1919 adjustable pitch1934 coaxial1934 1885 A. E. Seaton Man. Marine Engin. (ed. 4) xv. 298 A feathering screw. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 4/2 The feathering propeller..for airship work will no doubt appeal..as a means whereby the pitch can be altered. 1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. ii. 141 We have obtained the longitudinal stability of the aeroplane by the use of the ‘feathering tail’. 1939 Flight 28 Sept. p. h Blade root cuffs are being fitted by the Curtiss concern to their electrically controlled, fully feathering airscrew. 1968 A. J. Jackson Blackburn Aircraft 465 Four Hercules engines installed as self-contained power plants driving 14-ft diameter four-bladed Rotol constant-speed, feathering and reversible-pitch airscrews. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1530adj.a1740
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