Noah Webster
Fledge
FLEDGE, adjective flej.
Feathered; furnished with fethers or wings; able to fly.
His locks behind, illustrious on his shoulders, fledge with wings, lay waving round.
FLEDGE, verb transitive To furnish with fethers; to supply with the fethers necessary for flight.
The birds were not yet fledged enough to shift for themselves.