Noun : two boys of the same feather. ,Your worry is a mere feather.    From Dictionary.com. 

What joy there is to be found in feathering a nest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creating a Cozy Table Setting] Reference

CONAN: And as you point out, tarring and feathering is an expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Americans Giving Up On The American Dream] Reference

Tarring and feathering is an option — it is equally humiliating and far more painful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » NSA Whistleblower To Expose More Unlawful Activity: ‘People…Are Going To Be Shocked’] Reference

So this is our first sort of glimpse of early penguin feathering.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Species Of Extinct Giant Penguin Discovered] Reference

Sometimes, it will begin "feathering" back down towards the.    From Wordnik.com.  [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference

Its descent is controlled by "feathering" its wings to maximize aerodynamic drag.    From Wordnik.com.  [WESH.com - Local News] Reference

Its descent is controlled by "feathering" its wings to maximise aerodynamic drag.    From Wordnik.com.  [IrishExaminer.com] Reference

There is a scene of tarring and feathering which is wonderfully accurate and painful to watch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Westminster Wisdom] Reference

"feathering" its wings to maximize aerodynamic drag.    From Wordnik.com.  [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference

"feathering" becomes an opportunity if you know to look for the signs.    From Wordnik.com.  [BNET Articles] Reference

Now, they found her hair, gently feathering it back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Killing Hour]

He had been feathering his nest in the material sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference

She is a well-bred animal, with a pretty face and fine feathering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference

"I did not mind," she said, her fingers feathering over his chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ungrateful Governess]

It is not necessary to employ any feathering for these arrows; though.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

But will the domestic goddess be feathering a new nest in prison soon?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2004] Reference

This couple isn't the only one to see its nest-feathering plans go awry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurts So Good;At Work: What Full Employment Is Li] Reference

This administration has been about big business and feathering their nests.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference

I would imagine there's an auto feathering on the engine which senses torque.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2003] Reference

O'BRIEN: Let's not get too deep in that, let's talk about feathering for just a minute.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2003] Reference

He had been lying on them; their feathering was ruffled and their quills were fractured.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiddie the Scout] Reference

A very important feature from an ethnological standpoint is the feathering of the arrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference

"You want me here?" he asked her, feathering kisses along her nose and across her mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snow Angels]

Let's now explain feathering, now that we understand what we're talking about here, John.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2003] Reference

This amounts to feathering the retirement of the baby boom at the expense of its children.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seduction Of Surpluses] Reference

The method of feathering is as follows: The quills of the wing feathers of a hornbill, or sometimes of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference

There are cases in which tarring and feathering would soothe the moral sense of the right-minded onlooker.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference

Scarves she ties across my eyes so I can see soft moss on highland stone beneath a feathering sky crimson as night grows.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gift Downright] Reference

Her speciality was to look after the feathering, cackling, roosting, rising, and general behavior of these hundred chicks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference

The birds were remarkable in the poultry world for the fact that the male and female had the same feathering, shape, and coloring.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference

The part of the arrow in front of the feathering rests upon the thumb and middle finger and under the index finger of the left hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference