"featherwise" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From feather + -wise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|feather|wise}} feather + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} featherwise (not comparable)
  1. Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-featherwise-en-adv-O8IrBNlo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wise, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1883, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, page 384:",
          "text": "A cavity can be seen in them, and also that they are made of fibres arranged featherwise.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, The Monthly Chronicle of North-country Lore and Legend, page 74:",
          "text": "[…] the interior is also of ashlar work, formed of thin stones, laid tier above tier, slanting, and covering each other featherwise.",
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        "Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather."
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          "feather"
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