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BlatheredBlather Blath"er (bl[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
Blathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blathering.] [Written also
blether.] [Icel. bla[eth]ra. Cf. Blatherskite.]
To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot. Catheretic
Catheretic Cath`e*ret"ic, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to bring down or
raze; ? down + ? to take.] (Med.)
A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other
excrescences. --Dunglison.
Feathered
Feathered Feath"ered, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or
wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. --Shak.
Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases
and pointed with pathetic accent. --Dr. J.
Scott.
2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed;
as, land feathered with trees.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of
certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the
feathers are of a tincture different from that of the
shaft.
Gatherer
Gatherer Gath"er*er, n.
1. One who gathers or collects.
2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the
cloth.
LatheredLather Lath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lathered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Lathering.] [AS. l[=e][eth]rian to lather, anoint. See
Lather, n. ]
To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face. LathereeveLathereeve Lathe"reeve`, Lathreeve Lath"reeve`, n.
Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe. LeatheredLeather Leath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Leathering.]
To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] --G.
Eliot. Leatheret
Leatheret Leath"er*et, Leatherette Leath`er*ette", n.
[Leather + et, F. -ette.]
An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
Leatherette
Leatheret Leath"er*et, Leatherette Leath`er*ette", n.
[Leather + et, F. -ette.]
An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
Megathere
Megathere Meg"a*there, Megatherium Meg`a*the"ri*um, n. [NL.
megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + thyri`on beast.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the
ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South
America.
Pinfeathered
Pinfeathered Pin"feath`ered, a.
Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.
TaxgathererTaxgatherer Tax"gath`er*er, n.
One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n. Toll gathererToll Toll, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
See Tale number.]
1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
bounds of a manor.
3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.
Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
it.
Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
its cost. --Brande & C.
Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
like, of another.
Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost. Unfathered
Unfathered Un*fa"thered, a.
1. Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to
nature. --Shak.
2. Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate;
spurious; bastard.
WeatheredWeather Weath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Weathering.]
1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
air.
[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the
air To weather his broad sails. --Spenser.
This gear lacks weathering. --Latimer.
2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against
and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to
weather the storm.
For I can weather the roughest gale. --Longfellow.
You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W.
Robertson.
3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather
a cape; to weather another ship.
4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
--Encyc. Brit.
To weather a point.
(a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee
side.
(b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against
opposition.
To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with
difficulty; as, to weather out a storm. Weathered
Weathered Weath"ered, a.
1. (Arch.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a
weathered cornice or window sill.
2. (Geol.) Having the surface altered in color, texture, or
composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the
elements.
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