feathering | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Feathering
·vt A covering of feathers. II. Feathering ·noun ·same·as <<Foliation>>. III. Feathering ·p.pr. & ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
feathering-paddles
(Morgan's patent.) ...

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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
tarring and feathering
A punishment sometimes inflicted by indignantly virtuous mobs in Southern and Western States, on per...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tarring and feathering
A punishment now obsolete, inflicted by stripping the delinquent, then smearing him with tar, coveri...

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