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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Depluming (0.01850 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Depluming.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: deplume
deplume
v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn:
displume]
2: strip of feathers;
“pull a chicken”;
“pluck the capon” [syn:
pluck,
pull,
tear,
deplumate,
displume]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Depluming
Deplume
\De*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Deplumed; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to
cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless,
and F. d['e]plumer.]
1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of
plumage.
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On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own
feather. --Fuller.
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2. To lay bare; to expose.
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The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of
the age. --De Quincey.
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