featy

comparative more featy · superlative most featy

1. obsoleteregionalPretty; neat.

   Featy adj. pretty, neat.

   1874, Somerset Archaeological Society, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History: Vol. XVIII

2. obsoleteregionalOf wool: having a number of coarse, shorter white hairs mixed in with the finer wool, or (by extension) in any bad condition.

   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

   1874, English Dialect Society, West Somerset Word Book

3. obsoleteregionalOf wool: having been exposed to damp and rotted, though appearing unchanged.

   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.

   1874, English Dialect Society, West Somerset Word Book