Plumed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plumed
       adj 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