
Noah Webster
Plume
PLUME, noun [Latin pluma.]
1. The feather of a fowl, particularly a large feather.
2. A feather worn as an ornament, particularly an ostrich's feather.
And his high plume that nodded o'er his head.
3. Pride; towering mien.
4. Token of honor; prize of contest.
Ambitious to win from me some plume
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