calamus vs feathering

calamus

noun
  • A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. 

  • Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”) 

  • A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms. 

  • The sweet flag, Acorus calamus. 

  • A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies. 

feathering

noun
  • A feathered texture. 

  • Plumage. 

  • The fitting of feathers to arrows. 

  • Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper. 

  • An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches. 

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