Hypertext Webster Gateway: "displume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Displume \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displumed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Displuming}.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer,
F. d['e]plumer.]
To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of
decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
displume
v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: {deplume}]
2: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
{pluck}, {pull}, {tear}, {deplume}, {deplumate}]
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