'Plumed adder' definitions:

Definition of 'Plumed adder'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed troop." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • Plumed adder (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain. [1913 Webster]