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Meanings of plumed in English

Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.

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        (Of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume.

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              Examples for "crested"
              Examples for "crested"
              1
              Hathor crested a hill and saw a large group of Sumerians ahead.
              Quest for honour
              2
              The overwhelming sea ran in dark watery mountains crested with devilish fire.
              Hard Cash
              3
              For that split second, as I crested the fence, I was exposed.
              Exit strategy
              4
              Across the railroad embankment it chopped the inundation into small crested waves.
              Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
              5
              The servant entered, bringing a note gorgeously crested and coroneted in gold.
              Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
              Usage of plumed in English
              1
              Their breaths plumed between them, neither willing to shatter the precious moment.
              Secrets of a Perfect Night
              2
              The family especially plumed themselves on the slow progress of the quilt.
              Hillsboro People
              3
              The principal chief rode forward, bearing conspicuously the plumed calumet of peace.
              The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, ...
              4
              You take it up and lay it aside with the plumed head-dress.
              The Duchesse of Langeais
              5
              He was for the day of the plumed knight-notfor these times.
              A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
              6
              Another July plumed the maize, where the plough had obliterated Fort Byle.
              A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
              7
              Fingers of steam plumed from the new bend in the car's hood.
              Mysterious Skin
              8
              The king now arose from his throne and removed his plumed hat.
              Marie Antoinette and Her Son
              9
              It was nearly hidden by symbolic slats and prayer-sticks most elaborately plumed.
              Custom and Myth
              10
              I have seen many moulted and dropped feathers from wild plumed birds.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              11
              One by one he took his plumed birds and let them fly.
              Dreams
              12
              The wings of man's life are plumed with the feathers of death.
              The Life of Froude
              13
              She chatted gaily about her party, and plumed herself on its success.
              Carette of Sark
              14
              Above the gray wall I saw Don Pedro's plumed hat passing by.
              Margaret Tudor: A Romance of Old St. Augustine
              15
              Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself?
              Anne of Green Gables
              16
              She who had plumed herself on the poised mind, the mastered senses!
              The Mating of Lydia
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              United Kingdom
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              United States of America
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