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featherstick

featherstick is the alternative spelling of feather stick.

Meaning of feather stick

Noun

feather stick (plural feather sticks)

  1. A stick, with many shavings raised from it with a knife, that serves as tinder for starting campfires or lighting a woodstove or fireplace.

Forms of featherstick

pluralfeathersticks

Questions about featherstick

What is featherstick the alternative spelling of?
Featherstick is the alternative spelling of feather stick.

Words near featherstick in the dictionary

  1. feathers in one's cap
  2. feathers one's nest
  3. feathers one's own nest
  4. feathershank
  5. feathersome
  6. featherstick
  7. feathersticks
  8. featherstitch
  9. featherstitched
  10. featherstitches
  11. featherstitching

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