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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fledge \Fledge\, a. [OE. flegge, flygge akin to D. vlug, G. fl["u]gge, fl["u]cke, OHG. flucchi Icel. fleygr and to E. fly. [root]84. See {Fly}, v. i.] Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. His shoulders, fledge with wings. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fledge \Fledge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fledged}; p. pr & vb n. {Fledging}.] 1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. --L'Estrange. 2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fledge v 1: feed, care for and rear young birds for flight 2: decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart [syn: {flight}] 3: grow feathers, of birds [syn: {feather}]
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