单词 | plumer |
释义 | plumern.1ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in feathers plumer1282 feather-maker1580 feather-monger1599 feathermana1635 1282 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1899) A. 46 (MED) [John de Cestrehunte], plumer..[John de Cestrehunte], Fethermongere. 2. = plume hunter n. at plume n. Compounds 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] > for plumage plume hunter1887 plumer1893 1893 Science 18 Aug. 93/1 The..Island, through the magnitude of its tern population, attracted the attention of plumers, through whose depredations it became wholly depopulated. 1914 D. L. Sharp Where rolls Oregon v. 99 Long before we had traveled over these apparently unknown regions, plumers had preceded us. We followed in their trails. 1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xix. 253 Then I see the long plumes at their best, the very moment when the old plumers, economizing ammunition, shot to kill both birds at once, since the bloom then on the aigrettes increased the market price. 2001 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 11 j It was mainly an attempt to control illegal plumers and poachers and other encroachers on Mother Nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † plumern.2 Obsolete. rare. A bird; (perhaps) a bird that is fully fledged. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun] > fledgeling plumerc1450 puler1611 fledgling1846 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 603/29 Plumacius, a plumere, avis est. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11282n.2c1450 |
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