featherlyadj.
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1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) ii. i. 41 Some feathery particle of Snowe.]
1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Featherly, resembling feather [quoting ‘Brown’ with the reading ‘featherly’].
Hence in 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. , and some later Dicts.
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adj.1773- to make a quorum
- to make a raise
- to make a ravelled hank
- to make a re-entry
- to make a reentry
- to make a reflection
- to make a religion of
- to make a religion to
- to make a retinue
- to make a review
- to make a riddle of
- to make a rise
- to make a rod for one's own back
- to make a rod for one's own oneself
- to make a round
- to make a rout
- to make a rout about
- to make a rout etc
- to make a rout over
- to make a row
- to make a run for it
- to make a run of it
- to make a sally
- to make a saver
- to make a saving game of