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Definition of Displuming
1. displume [v] - See also: displume
Lexicographical Neighbors of Displuming
Literary usage of Displuming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"The process of displuming them ¡^ quite simple. They are put in a corra/, or
small pen, so confined that they can not exercise their propensity for kicking, ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1861)
"... and others of the same kind, wherein Mud de Mono will have an opportunity of
displuming all her powers. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... attempting the like in France, Greece, and Germany; displuming the breasts,
and ofttimes ready to devour the very heart, even Italy and Rome itself. 6. ..."
4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Browne, [Brenchley, Kent, Granted, 7 Dec. 1626] gu. a griffin pass, or, a chief
of the second.—Crest a vulture ppr. wings endorsed, displuming a mallard's ..."
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