plume

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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 PLUME
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