Plumping

3 definitions found

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

  Floating \Float"ing\, n.
     1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See {Floating threads}, above.
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     2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
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     3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
        placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
        {fattening}, {plumping}, and {laying out}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating charge

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

  Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Plumping}.]
     1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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              To plump up the hollowness of their history with
              improbable miracles.                  --Fuller.
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     2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
        to plump a stone into water.
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     3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plumping
       adj : very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a
             plumping majority"