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Plume
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
(2):
(v. t.) To adorn with feathers or plumes.
(3):
(v.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.
(4):
(v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
(5):
(v.) A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
(6):
(v.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
(7):
(v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; - used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
(8):
(v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
(9):
(v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Plume'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/plume.html. 1828.
