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   Feeler (?), n.
   1. One who, or that which, feels.
   
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   2. (Zool.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.
   
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   Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennæ. Derham.
   
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   3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
   
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