fledging

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fledging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fledge \Fledge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Fledged; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Fledging.]
     1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers
        necessary for flight.
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              The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift
              for themselves.                       --L'Estrange.
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     2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
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              Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak.
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