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Definition of Plumes

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

Meaning of Plumes from wikipedia

- Look up plume or plumes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plume or plumes may refer to: Plume (feather), a prominent bird feather Plume (fluid dynamics)...
- fluid-dynamical plumes produced in that way were presented as models for the much larger postulated mantle plumes. Based on these experiments, mantle plumes are now...
- Plume hunting is the hunting of wild birds to harvest their feathers, especially the more decorative plumes which were sold for use as ornamentation,...
- space. Plumes Steam plumes from industrial sources Large natural convection plume A nuclear explosion can generate a mushroom-shaped thermal plume. Air...
- with discharge rates ~1–10 m/s form river plumes with horizontal spatial extents ~10–100 m. Areas of river plumes formed by the largest rivers are ~100–1000...
- Volcanic plume or volcanic plume may refer to: Eruption plume, a column of hot volcanic ash and gas emitted into the atmosphere during an explosive volcanic...
- military headdresses, the clipped feather plume is referred to as the hackle.[citation needed] Brightly coloured plumes are used by American coot chicks to...
- concerns the effects dredge plumes might have on the surrounding environment. At least two groups have a stake in dredge plumes: governments and dredging...
- by plate tectonics, but placing them in a framework where large mantle plumes are the major driving force of the system. The initial followers of the...
- Plumer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arnold Plumer (1801–1869), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania...