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quills
A writing pen made from the shaft of a feather.
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wings
The insignia worn by pilot and crew of an aircraft, esp. a military aircraft
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shackles
To fasten or connect with a shackle or shackles
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fetters
To put fetters on; shackle.
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confines
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
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binds (related)
(Intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
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feathers (related)
The definition of a feather is one of the flat slender growths that cover the bodies of birds.
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  • Leather pinions must be protected from rats, which eat them freely.

  • This done he extends his enormous pinions 2 and sails majestically along, seldom deigning to flap his wings, the breeze doing the work for him.

  • The toothed wheels give a slightly better efficiency, but the worm gear is somewhat smoother in its action and entirely silent; the noise of gearing can, however, be considerably reduced by careful machining of the teeth, as is now always done, and also by the use of pinions made of rawhide leather or other non-resonant material.

  • When quick-running metal pinions are used they are arranged to run in closed oil-baths.

  • On such lines the beginning of a rack section is provided with a piece of rack mounted on springs, so that the pinions of the engine engage smoothly with the teeth.

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