WHITE FEATHER

Meaning of WHITE FEATHER in English

He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white leather is a proof he is not of the true game breed.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

WHITE FEATHER — noun Etymology: from the superstition that a ~ in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of a poor …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE FEATHER — noun Etymology: so called from the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is an indication …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE FEATHER — Chiefly Brit. 1. a symbol of cowardice. 2. show the white feather , to behave in a cowardly manner. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE FEATHER — Etymology: from the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of a poor …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE FEATHER — Function: noun Etymology: from the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHITE FEATHER — ■ noun a ~ given to someone as a sign that they are considered a coward. Origin C18: with ref. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE FEATHER — [white feather] n [fr. the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHITE FEATHER — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken heart, chicken liver, cold feet, coward, faintheart, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHITE FEATHER — n. symbol of cowardice to show the ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEATHER — I. ˈfethə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER — — featherless , adj. — featherlessness , n. — featherlike , adj. /fedh"euhr/ , n. 1. one of the horny …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER — v. produce feathers; furnish with feathers, decorate with feathers, stuff with feathers; resemble a feather; move like a feather
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEATHER — I. ˈfe-thər noun Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, Latin petere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
FEATHER — vt to tread, as a cock. 2. feather ·vi to turn to a horizontal plane; said of oars. 3. …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEATHER — [feath.er] n [ME fether, fr. OE; akin to OHG federa wing, L petere to go to, seek, Gk petesthai to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEATHER — the component structure of the outer covering and flight surfaces of all modern birds. Unique to birds, feathers apparently evolved …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FEATHER — feath|er BrE AmE ˈfeð |ə AmE -| ə r ▷ feath|ered əd AmE ə rd ▷ feath|ering ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEATHER — / ˈfeðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun one of the many soft light parts covering a bird's body …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEATHER — I. feath ‧ er 1 /ˈfeðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fether ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEATHER — n. & v. n. 1 any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
FEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEATHER — ( feathers) 1. A bird’s feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brown/white etc envelope ▪ There was a large brown envelope on his desk. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEATHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a feather bed (= a bed with feathers in the mattress ) as light …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHITE — Synonyms and related words : American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bourbon, Bushman, Caucasian, Chinese white, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEATHER — Synonyms and related words : a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, air, bagatelle, bank, bauble, bead, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEATHER — See: BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER, TAR AND FEATHER, FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS, FUSS AND FEATHERS, …
Slang English vocab
FEATHER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ breast , neck , tail , wing ▪ ostrich , peacock , etc. ▪ flight ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEATHER — n. 25B6; noun PLUME, quill, flight feather, tail feather; Ornithology covert, plumule; ( feathers ) plumage, feathering, down.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WHITE — 1. прил. 1) белый whiter than white ≈ белее белого, белоснежный white coffee ≈ кофе с молоком 2) бледный 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо (у птиц) pluck feathers a feather in one's cap feather ball б) собир. или мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEATHER — feather.ogg 1. ʹfeðə n 1. перо ( птичье ) as light as a feather - лёгкий как пёрышко 2. тж. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля ( в факсимильной связи ) • - base …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля (в факсимильной связи) • - base white - bleeding white whites - carbon white - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHITE — 1) белый 2) вазелиновый 3) несмоленый 4) пшеничный 5) светлый • bring to white heat — нагревать до белого каления white noise generator — генератор белого шума - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WHITE — white прил.1) а) белый whiter than white — белее белого, белоснежный white coffee — кофе с молоком A round white …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHITE — 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER — 1. ʹfeðə n 1. перо ( птичье ) as light as a feather - лёгкий как пёрышко 2. тж. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — 1. прил. 1) а) белый whiter than white — белее белого, белоснежный white coffee — кофе с молоком A round …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо ( у птиц ) - a feather in one's cap - feather ball - pluck …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHITE — 1. прил. 1) а) белый whiter than white — белее белого, белоснежный white coffee — кофе с молоком A round white moon that flooded the …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо (у птиц) - a feather in one's cap - feather ball - pluck feathers б) собир. или мн. оперение; плюмаж; оперение …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHITE — 1) белок (яйца) 2) склера, белочная оболочка (глаза) 3) бот. заболонь 4) энт. белянка; pl белянки (Pieridae) 5) pl бот. бухарник шерстистый (Holcus lanatus) 6) …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FEATHER — 1) перо; оперяться 2) листочек сложного листа 3) летучка (у семян, напр. одуванчика) 4) щётки (на ногах у лошадей) • - contour feather - covert feathers - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHITE — 1) белок ( яйца ) 2) склера, белочная оболочка ( глаза ) 3) бот. заболонь 4) энт. белянка; pl белянки …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FEATHER — 1) перо; оперяться 2) листочек сложного листа 3) летучка ( у семян, напр. одуванчика ) 4) щётки ( на ногах …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WHITE — 1. _a. 1> белый; white heat - белое каление 2> бледный; to turn white - побледнеть, побелеть 3> седой; серебристый …
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