displume : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: displume	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
displume v strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: deplume, displume] strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" Synonym(s): pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Displume \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Displuming}.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. d[82]plumer.] To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. --Burke.