Definition of Plumery

1. n. Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.

Definition of Plumery

1. Noun. Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. ¹

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Definition of Plumery

1. plumes collectively [n PLUMERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumery

plume poppy
plume thistle
plumed
plumed scorpionfish
plumed thistle
plumed thistles
plumed tussock
plumeless
plumelet
plumelets
plumelike
plumeria
plumerias
plumeries
plumery (current term)
plumes
plumicorn
plumicorns
plumier
plumiest
plumigerous
plumiliform
pluming
plumiped
plumipeds
plumist
plumists
plumless
plumlike

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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