A Dictionary of the English Language ... Abridged from the ...
Samuel Johnson
Milton. That part of the seed of a plant, 3' in its growth becomes the trunk. *C*. To PLUME. v. a. To pick and adjust feathers. Milton. [Plumer, Fr.] To strip off feathers. Dryden. To strip ; to pill. Bacon. To feather. Bp. Hall. To place as a plume.