From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plume \Plume\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.]
1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving.
2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.
3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ''Farewell the plumed troop.'' --Shak.
4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South.
{Plumed adder} (Zo["o]l.), an African viper ({Vipera cornuta}, syn. {Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}.
{Plumed partridge} (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets" [syn: {plumy}]
2: having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn: {plumate}, {plumose}]
3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn: {crested}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "plumed": adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled, beribboned, bespangled, capped, crested, crowned, decked out, decorated, embellished, feathered, festooned, figured, flowered, garnished, headed, jeweled, ornamented, peaked, spangled, spangly, studded, tipped, topped, tricked out, trimmed, wreathed
Define.com is a registered nonprofit corporation dedicated solely to the global public interest and the advancement of humanity. It belongs to all of us who have a desire to promote electronic democracy, science, creativity, imagination, reason, critical thinking, peace, race and gender equality, civil rights, equal access to education, personal liberty, free speech, animal rights, compassionate and nonviolent parenting, social and economic justice, global monetary reform, Secular Humanism, cognitive liberty and a permanent cessation of The War on Drugs.
Let's see what we can do if we put our heads together.
0