featherwise

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

feather +‎ -wise

Adverb[edit]

featherwise (not comparable)

  1. Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
    • 1883, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, page 384:
      A cavity can be seen in them, and also that they are made of fibres arranged featherwise.
    • 1888, The Monthly Chronicle of North-country Lore and Legend, page 74:
      […] the interior is also of ashlar work, formed of thin stones, laid tier above tier, slanting, and covering each other featherwise.
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