Definition of plume

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Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..

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Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..
Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.
Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
Kirumbo :: Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black..
Plumy :: Plumy (a.) Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery..
Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..
Hypoptilum :: Hypoptilum (n.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.
Plumeless :: Plumeless (a.) Without plumes.
Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..
Unplume :: Unplume (v. t.) To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate..
Frangipanni :: Frangipanni (n.) A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria..
Plume :: Plume (v.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.
Displumed :: Displumed (imp. & p. p.) of Displum.
Pennated :: Pennated (a.) Winged; plume-shaped.
Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
Pennach :: Pennach (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.
Penned :: Penned (a.) Winged; having plumes.
Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..
Plumassary :: Plumassary (n.) A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.
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