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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Displumed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Displuming

[Pref.

dis-

plume

: cf. OF.

desplumer

, F.

déplumer

To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

Displumed

, degraded, and metamorphosed.

Burke.

Verb.

[dis and plume.] To strip or deprive of plumes or feathers; to strip of badges of honor.