[fee-ler] 
| 1. | a person or thing that feels. |
| 2. | a proposal, remark, hint, etc., designed to bring out the opinions or purposes of others: Interested in an accord, both labor and management were putting out feelers. |
| 3. | Zoology. an organ of touch, as an antenna or a tentacle. |
| 4. | Also called feeler gauge. Engineering. a gauge having several blades of known thickness, used for measuring clearances. |
| 5. | Nautical. a device for indicating that the lead of a mechanical sounding device has come to the bottom. |
| feel·er (fē'lər) n.
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