Found 1 hit - Term: plumed partridge, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
plume \plume\, v. t. 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.
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pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --w.
irving.
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2. to strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
also, to peel. obs. --bacon. dryden.
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3. to adorn with feathers or plumes. "farewell the plumed
troop." --shak.
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4. to pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
plumes himself on his skill. --south.
1913 webster
plumed adder zool., 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 zool., the california mountain quail
oreortyx pictus. see mountain quail, under
mountain.
1913 webster
see also:
plumed pluming plumed adder vipera cornuta clotho cornuta horned viper
hornsman plumed partridge oreortyx pictus mountain quail mountain
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