Webster's Dictionary 1913

5482

Plumigerous

Plu‐mig″er‐ous (?), a. [L. plumiger; pluma a feather + gerere to bear.] Feathered; having feathers. Bailey

5483

Plumiliform

Plu‐mil″i‐form (?), a. [L. plumula, or plumella a little feather (dim. of pluma feather) + -form.] Having the of a plume or feather.

5484

Plumiped

Plu″mi‐ped (?), a. [L. plumipes, -edis; pluma a feather + pes: cf. F. plumipède.] (Zoöl.) Having feet covered with feathers. — n. A plumiped bird.

5485

Plummet

Plum″met (?), n. [OE. plommet, OF. plommet, fr. plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See Plumb.] 1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.I'll sink him ...

5486

Plumming

Plum″ming (?), n. [See Plumb.] (Min.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which ...

5487

Plummy

Plum″my (?), a. [From Plum.] Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. “For the sake of getting something plummy.” G. Eliot.

5488

Plumose

{ Plu‐mose″ (?), Plu″mous (?), } a. [L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.]1. Having feathers or plumes.2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a ...

5489

Plumosite

Plu″mo‐site (?), n.(Min.) Same as Jamesonite.

5490

Plumosity

Plu‐mos″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being plumose.

5491

Plump

Plump (plŭmp), a. [Compar.Plumper (–ẽr); superl.Plumpest.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.] Well ...

5492

Plump (2)

Plump, n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.To visit islands and the plumps of men. Chapman.

5493

Plump (3)

Plump, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.] 1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.2. To drop or fall suddenly or heav...

5494

Plump (4)

Plump, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plumping.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; — often with up.To plump up the hollowness of their history with imp...

5495

Plump (5)

Plump, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. “Fall plump.” Beau. & Fl.

5496

Plump (6)

Plump (?), a. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake...

5497

Plumper

Plump″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.2. (English Elections) A vote given ...

5498

Plumply

Plump″ly, adv. Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve.

5499

Plumpness

Plump″ness, n. The quality or state of being plump.

5500

Plumpy

Plump″y (?), a. Plump; fat; sleek. “Plumpy Bacchus.” Shak.

5501

Plumula

‖Plu″mu‐la (?), n.; pl. L. Plumule (#), E.-las (#). [L. See Plumule.] 1. (Bot.) A plumule.2. (Zoöl.) A down feather.

5502

Plumulaceous

Plu′mu‐la″ceous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Downy; bearing down.

5503

Plumular

Plu″mu‐lar (?), a.(Bot.) Relating to a plumule.

5504

Plumularia

‖Plu′mu‐la″ri‐a (?), n.; pl. L. Plumularlæ (#), E. Plumularias (#). (Zoöl.) Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidæ. They generally grow i...

5505

Plumularian

Plu′mu‐la″ri‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.

5506

Plumule

Plu″mule (?), n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. plumule.] 1. (Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above th...

5507

Plumulose

Plu″mu‐lose″ (?), a. Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.

5508

Plumy

Plum″y (?), a. Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. “His plumy crest.” Addison. “The plumy trees.” J. S. Blackie.