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}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
plumed
adj 1: having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed
serpent"; "white-plumed egrets" [syn: {plumy}]
2: having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn: {plumate},
{plumose}]
3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn: {crested}]