Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plumping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Floating \Float"ing\, n.
The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
{fattening}, {plumping}, and {laying out}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Plumping}.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plumping
adj : very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a
plumping majority"
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