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Vipera or Clotho cornuta

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
                                                  Irving.

   2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
      also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.

   3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ``Farewell the plumed
      troop.'' --Shak.

   4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
      plumes himself on his skill. --South.

   {Plumed adder} (Zo["o]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, or
      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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