Meaning of featy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pretty; neat.
   obsolete, regional
2. Of wool: having a number of coarse, shorter white hairs mixed in with the finer wool, or (by extension) in any bad condition.
   obsolete, regional
3. Of wool: having been exposed to damp and rotted, though appearing unchanged.
   obsolete, regional

Examples

“Featy adj. pretty, neat.”

“Featy adj. 1. Applied to wool; when a number of coarse short white hairs are mixed with the finer wool of the fleece - called also kempy”

“Featy adj. 2. This word expressed a particular kind of injury to which wool or woollen cloth is liable if left long in the damp - it seems to be rotten as to strength, while in appearance there is little change.”

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