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Definition: Plumed partridge
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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail
(
Oreortyx pictus). See
Mountain quail, under
Mountain.
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