Definition of plume

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Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.

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Egret :: Egret (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima)..
Pennach :: Pennach (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.
Marabou :: Marabou (n.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant..
Pinnule :: Pinnule (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid..
Plumeless :: Plumeless (a.) Without plumes.
Semiplume :: Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather..
Pride :: Pride (v. t.) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively..
Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc..
Displumed :: Displumed (imp. & p. p.) of Displum.
Beplumed :: Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.
Plumy :: Plumy (a.) Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery..
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.
Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword..
Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..
Deplumate :: Deplumate (a.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.
Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having feathers or plumes.
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..
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
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.
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