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. 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(Zoöl.), an African viper (Vipera, orClotho 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(Zoöl.), the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.