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Definition of Depluming
1. deplume [v] - See also: deplume
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depluming
Literary usage of Depluming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the constitution of the Church and State, according to the idea of each by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1830)
"... on the depluming of THE POPE, every bird had his own feather; in the partage
whereof, what he had gotten by Sacrilege, was restored to Christ; ..."
2. Poultry Diseases and Their Treatment by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Maynie Rose Curtis, Frank Macy Surface (1911)
"... should be taken not to wet the feathers. The advantage of these treatments is
their easy and rapid application to a number of birds. depluming Scabies. ..."
3. The Parasitic Diseases of Poultry by Frederick Vincent Theobald (1896)
"If taken in time recovery is very rapid, but if allowed to work well into the
leg this Scabies is not readily remedied. depluming SCABIES (FEATHER-EATING). ..."
4. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"The process should be repeated in not over a week. depluming Mite. ... known as
the depluming mite, is closely related to the " scaly leg mite," but attacks ..."
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