单词 | unplume |
释义 | unplumev. Now rare and chiefly poetic. 1. transitive. To strip of plumes or feathers. Also in figurative contexts (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of feathers or plumes deplumec1420 unfeather1483 plume1525 unplume1566 unfledge1598 implume1604 displume1623 pelt1692 ploat1855 1566 J. Martiall Replie to Calfhills Blasphemous Answer x. f. 202 Certayne of our bokes do lyuely set foorth the truth, and vnplume the fylthy feathers of your euil fauored cock. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 35v He would vnplume thee of all his feathers, that like Aesops Crowe thou mightst receiue the reward of thy rashnesse. 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight i. sig. C3 Enuies sword, Which like a rasor shall vnplumbe thy crest. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. i. §28 Should we have the like distinction observed, I fear many of our gaiest birds would be unplumed. 1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity 95 She..Exalts the meek..; Of Pride unplumes the lofty crest. 1748 Porsenna's Invasion iii. 38 I shall unplume thy Wings, and low'r thy Flight. 1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 202 The nest is robbed, and she a second time unplumes herself for the accommodation of her young. 1841 Lady F. Hastings Lay of Bell in Poems 212 When Time's allotted course is done, His wings unplumed, his hour-glass run. 1888 A. E. Dennis Asphodels & Pansies 308 When Death his proud eye darkens And unplumes his golden wing. 1901 19th Cent. & After May 859 He has merely unplumed himself that others may be decorated with his feathers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)] vile1297 supplanta1382 to bring lowa1387 revilea1393 gradea1400 villain1412 abject?a1439 to-gradea1440 vilifyc1450 villainy1483 disparage1496 degradea1500 deject?1521 disgraduate1528 disgress1528 regrade1534 base1538 diminute1575 lessen1579 to turn down1581 to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593 disesteem1594 degender1596 unnoble1598 disrank1599 reduce1599 couch1602 disthrone1603 displume1606 unplume1621 disnoble1622 disworth?1623 villainize1623 unglory1626 ungraduate1633 disennoble1645 vilicate1646 degraduate1649 bemean1651 deplume1651 lower1653 cheapen1654 dethrone1659 diminish1667 scoundrel1701 sink1706 demean1715 abjectate1731 unglorifya1740 unmagnify1747 undignify1768 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 dishero1838 misdemean1843 downgrade1892 demote1919 objectify1973 1621 R. Crakanthorpe Def. Constantine ii. ix. 142 They shall take away the honour of the Pope, that is, as Iohn said, vnplume him. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 55 God can soon unplume us, and take away that which swelleth us so. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 104 Her lov'd Lord [may] unplume thy tow'ring pride. 1744 E. Moore Fables for Female Sex xiv. 301 The partner of thy scorn'd embrace, Shall play the wanton in thy face, Each spark unplume thy little pride. Derivatives unˈpluming n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [noun] > plucking feathers plucking1440 unpluming1592 depluming1797 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of feathers plucking1440 unpluming1592 deplumation1611 pluming1614 depluming1655 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G We delight..in the vnpluming of pullerie, and quartering of calues and oxen. 1860 Morning Chron. 31 May 4/5 If the exigencies of war require the unmailing and unpluming of heavy cavalry, they had better submit with a good grace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1566 |
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