The separating of the feathers into fiber-like elements, usually preliminary to making "featherbone".
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57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, particularly
4, for devices for covering or wrapping quillstock.
223, Apparel Apparatus,
47, for devices for preparing feathers for plumes, dusters, etc., for curling feathers, and otherwise preparing feather ornaments not otherwise provided for.