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eiderdown (n.)
"soft feathers of the eider-duck" (such as it uses to line its nest), 1774; see
eider
+
down
(n.1). Ultimately from Icelandic
æðardun
, via a Scandinavian source (compare Danish
ederdunn
) or German
Eiderdon
.
