featy

English

Adjective

featy (comparative more featy, superlative most featy)

1. (regional, obsolete) Pretty; neat.
   • 1874, Somerset Archaeological Society, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History: Vol. XVIII:

     Featy adj. pretty, neat.

2. (regional, obsolete) Of wool: having a number of coarse, shorter white hairs mixed in with the finer wool, or (by extension) in any bad condition.
   • 1874, English Dialect Society, West Somerset Word Book:

     Featy adj. 1. Applied to wool; when a number of coarse short white hairs are mixed with the finer wool of the fleece - called also kempy

3. (regional, obsolete) Of wool: having been exposed to damp and rotted, though appearing unchanged.
   • 1874, English Dialect Society, West Somerset Word Book:

     Featy adj. 2. This word expressed a particular kind of injury to which wool or woollen cloth is liable if left long in the damp - it seems to be rotten as to strength, while in appearance there is little change.