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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI