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Definition of Plumery
1. n. Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.
Definition of Plumery
1. Noun. Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plumery
1. plumes collectively [n PLUMERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumery
Literary usage of Plumery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Now by Kama̜ Shastra society, Benares, Richard Francis Burton (1885)
"... its beak of red carnelian and its plumery of precious metals; and it was
engaged in singing the praises of Allah the Most High and blessing Mohammed (on ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"... to smoothness: but the result of the whole should be that of a number of
elegant forms ' i% combined * plumery' for plumage would sanction any thing; ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"But what is he The Bishop's mitre, or high plumery Of the mail'd warrior ?
Won he his renown On pulpit, throne, or field, whom death hath now struck down ? ..."
4. Kettell, Samuel: Specimens of American Poetry by Samuel Kettell (1829)
"... Proudly advancing, drawn by peacocks fair, With gorgeous plumery, dancing in
the air. On that bright chariot, in imperial state, The queen of Oberon, ..."
5. The Columbian Magazine edited by John Inman, Robert A. West, Stephen M. Chester, Darius Mead (1847)
"... of the imaginative Buffon, fall short of their versatile tints, ' their gorgeous
plumery." " Cuvier says, " Nature has confined to America this one of ..."
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