Fledge

a.	1.	Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. His shoulders, fledge with wings. - Milton.
v. t. & i.	1.	To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. [imp. & p. p. Fledged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fledging.] The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. - L'Estrange.
	2.	To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. - Shak.

Verb	1.	fledge - feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
	2.	fledge - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" Synonyms: flight
	3.	fledge - grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" Synonyms: feather

attain majority, bloom, come of age, come to maturity, develop, feather, flower, grow, grow up, leave the nest, mature, mellow, reach manhood, reach twenty-one, reach voting age, ripen, season, settle down, temper, toga virilis

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