(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money. / (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). / (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

(transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. / (intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. / (transitive) To decorate with feathers.

(archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

(archaic) To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn / (archaic) To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

(archaic) mockery; derision

one who flees

A flake. / A lock, as of wool. / A small spot or streak; a speckle. / A small amount.

(transitive) To mark (something) with small spots.

A group of vessels or vehicles. / Any group of associated items. / A large, coordinated group of people.

(dialectal, obsolete outside of place names) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek. / (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.