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emplume, v.|ɛmpl(j)uːm| Also 7 implume. [a. Fr. emplumer, f. en- (see en-) + plume plume, feather; cf. Sp. emplumar, It. impiumare.] †1. trans. ? To ‘tar and feather’ (or the like). [So Sp. emplumar.] Obs.
1631Celestina v. 33 That gadding to and fro Bawd, who for her villanies..hath been several times implumed. 2. To furnish with a plume, adorn as with plumes. Also in ppl. a. emˈplumed.
1623Mabbe tr. Guzman d'Alfarache ii. 21 They might very well have put the implumed Hat vpon my head. 18..Mrs. Browning Song Ragged Sch., Angelhoods, emplumed In such ringlets of pure glory. |