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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Pennated :: Pennated (a.) Winged; plume-shaped.
Penniform :: Penniform (a.) Having the form of a feather or plume.
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Plumed :: Plumed (imp. & p. p.) of Plum.
Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
Displumed :: Displumed (imp. & p. p.) of Displum.
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..
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..
Emplumed :: Emplumed (a.) Plumed.
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..
Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t..
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..
Plumiliform :: Plumiliform (a.) Having the of a plume or feather.
Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc..
Penned :: Penned (a.) Winged; having plumes.
Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles..
Beplumed :: Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.
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..
Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers..
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