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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fetherame, n. Also: feytheram, fetherem, -um, fethreme. [ME. fetherham, -home, OE. feðerhama, -homa. Cf. Feddrame.] A coat of feathers; the feathering of a bird. c1420 Wynt. ii. 1334.
Dedalus … maide twa Feytheramys fayre thare flycht to ta c1450-2 Howlat 56.
Quhy is … My forme and my fetherem vnfrely but feire Ib. 913. a1500 Henr. Fab. 64 (Makc.).
A cok … with fetherem [B. fethreme] frech & gay c1475 Wall. x. 135.
So feryt it … How a howlat complend off his fethrame c1515 Asl. MS. I. 325/14.
Dedalus and his son Ycarus that flaw with fetheremmis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxv. 45.
Fle wald ane abbot vp in to the sky, And all his fethreme maid wes at devyce 15.. Clar. iv. 1008.
As pecoke fetherum was hir buske alse faire