37 collocations for feather

There, there, girl, I don't blame any of you for feathering your nest."

He wore a fine, feathered hat, and his long black hair hung down upon his shoulders.

He had a way of his own of shooting facts and truths into the uncultivated understandings of these laborers,facts and truths that never otherwise could have penetrated so far; he feathered his philosophical or moral arrows with a jest, and they stuck fast.

Q.By what species of mechanism are the positions of the paddle floats of feathering wheels governed?

I am with theesince I found no chance to run other-where, for that divers rogues constrained me to abidenotably yon knave with the scar, whose mailed fist I had perforce to kiss, brother, in whose dog's carcase I will yet feather me a shaft, sweet St. Giles aiding mewhich is my patron saint, you'll mind.

look after the main chance; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; live by one's wits; exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind; stoop to conquer &c (cunning) 702; play one's cards well, play one's best card; hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse.

Green and red things flashed behind hertiny feathered creatures that shone like jewels.

but he has his horrid eye upon us, and is whetting his infernal feathered dart every instant, as you see him truly pictured in that impressive moral picture, "The good man at the hour of death."

The ass brays, the horse neighs, the sheep bleatsthe feathered denizens of the grove call to their mates in more musical roundelays.

No; let man enjoy himself when he can, and take his fill of those flaming red geraniums, and glossy rhododendrons, and feathered crown-ferns, and the gold green lace of those acacias tossing and whispering overhead, and the purple mountains sleeping there aloft, and the murmur of the brook over the stones; and drink in scents with every breath,what was his nose made for, save to smell?

These are the rare birds that have feathered feet and turn white in winter.

but he has his horrid eye upon us, and is whetting his infernal feathered dart every instant, as you see him truly pictured in that impressive moral picture, "The good man at the hour of death."

, Hung o'er the summer sea; And ne'er did airy, feathered king Look prouder there than he.

You'll soon feather your nestI don't think!

A mist of diamonds filled the air, rainbows curved through every glade and feathered patches of snow floated down.

I have heardperhaps you haveof audiences breaking furniture, smashing chandeliers, and tarring and feathering people.

"Not till I feather a shaft in thee," growled Perkyn, "what would ye?" "Speak with Eric o' the Noose.

20 And you feathered flute-players, Who instructed you to fill All the blossomy orchards now With melodious desire?

The old ones have straight gray stems, often prickly enough, and thickened in the middle; gray last year's leaves hanging down; and feathering round the top, a circular plume of pale green leaves, like those of a coconut.

, Hung o'er the summer sea; And ne'er did airy, feathered king Look prouder there than he.

In every case a black muzzle is indispensable, also black points to the ears, with trousers, tail and feathering a somewhat lighter shade than the body.

High on the south, huge Benvenue Down to the lake in masses threw Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurled, The fragments of an earlier world; A wildering forest feathered o'er His ruined sides and summit hoar.

Tiny white clouds feathered the sky.

How soft and sweet it sounds from rills And streams, and feathered songsters in the trees Of Heaven's fruits!e'en all that here doth please The heart of man was there.

The rancorous cry of the catbird, and the rattling call of the kingfisher, that feathered spirit of the stream, are left behind; the clear flutelike notes of the meadow lark take their place, and the hills, covered with wild flowers, roll back from its margin, as if to make room for its uninterrupted flow.

37 collocations for  feather