Feel'er, n.

n. 1. One who, or that which, feels. 2. (Nat. Hist.) One of the organs with which certain animals, as insects or polyps, are furnished, for trying by the touch objects with which they come in contact, or for searching for food; a palp. Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennae. Derham. 3. Any thing, as a proposal, observation, or the like, put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others.