Hornsman

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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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