displuming

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displuming - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.  --Burke.
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