Word Meanings - FEATHERBONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

Related words: (words related to FEATHERBONE)

• SUBSTITUTED
  Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. Substituted executor , an executor
• TURKEYS
  Turkish. Chaucer.
• SUBSTITUTE
  One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically , (more info) under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf.
• GEESE
  pl. of Goose.
• WHALEBONE
  A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen. Note: Whalebone is chiefly obtained from the bowhead,